Lady Gaga prefers sex with men - because they have something she really "appreciates."

The "Bad Romance" singer is openly bisexual and says she is able to be open in the bedroom because she can make a distinction between love and sex.

She is quoted by website Jetzt.de as saying: "In love there are no rules or boundaries. But I separate love and sex. I just love the male sexuality. Men have something that I miss but that I really appreciate."

Lady Gaga - who is renowned for flesh-flashing outfits - has always been adventurous when it comes to sex and showing off her body

The pop star - real name Stefani Germanotta - left her father Joseph Germanotta shocked when he came to see her dance in a gay bar.

She recalled: "I was a burlesque go-go girl in a gay bar in the Lower East Side of New York. One evening my father came into the bar because he wanted to see as what I worked there. When he saw me dancing in a leather thong he turned around and went home."