Do Men have more sex partners than women?

Do men really have more sex partners than women, has been a puzzle for a while now. There have been several surveys conducted to find the truth. Most of them have confirmed that men do have more sex partner, though their calculation of partners could be questionable.

One such survey was conducted recently on 2,065 heterosexual non-virgins with a median age in their late 40s. Women reported on average 8.6 lifetime sexual partners. The men claimed 31.9. There was a huge difference. However, Psychologist Norman R. Brown from the University of Michigan felt that many such surveys were flawed.

Mr. Brown and his colleagues asked these participants to rate the truthfulness of their response. He found that 5% of both men and women admitted that they lied in the survey and 10% of them said that their answer was not accurate. Also, women resorted to raw count while calculating their partners. This method results in underestimation. Whereas, men used rough approximation method of calculation, which produces over-estimated results.

It is quite possible that men exaggerate and women down play about their real numbers.

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Well, with the kind of open or liberal society we stay in, the sex partner numbers should be equal at least. It is evident from the survey that a man has more sexual partners than a woman. However, the question arises about the calculation. Since desire for multiple partners is greater in men than in women, they both use different ways of calculating. They adjust their answer to accommodate what they want to portray.

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