Study: One in 10 Japanese men are 40-year-old virgins

Men with lower incomes were up to 20 times more likely to be virgins than their wealthier counterparts.

Cyrus Ghaznavi, the study’s lead author, said: “Although the discussion around cause and effect becomes very complex when considering who becomes sexually experienced and who remains a virgin, we show that heterosexual inexperience is at least partly a socioeconomic issue for men.

“Simply put, money talks.”