Well for the average heterosexual the average amount of sexual partners throughout a lifetime is 8....

According to http://www.physorg.com/news10824.html men are bad counters on this subject, because men claim to have (on average) 31 partners during their life time, whereas women claim only 8. These numbers should be equal (I'm assuming only heterosexuals were queried). The study shows that women are more accurate counters. Perhaps the most interesting statistic from the chart is that almost half of all people claim to have less than 5 partners in their lifetime. Lady Fuschia: the "average" partners would still be the same, as it does take two to have sex -- in this case, the study assumes one of each gender -- so the total number of all partners counted should be equal for each gender. Perhaps men have a different definition of "sex" than women do????

Im 23 Female, university educated and have had 48 sexual partners.

I found this website by ABC news that did a sex poll to be very interesting. It says the median for men is 8 sex partners and 3 for women. Here is the website http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/News/story?id=156921&page=1

I'm 23 year old bi male and just counted 60 (listing specific names, not just estimating). This of course includes oral sex and mutual masturbation. If we only count anal or vaginal intercourse the number drops to 15. The irony is that I consider myself to be fairly sexually conservative and would estimate that my other gay friends have had a lot more sex than I have. If these studies are accurate and not overly heterosexist, I may have some severe distortions in my perceptions of "normal" sexual activity. Otherwise, maybe the average male isn't exaggerating so much and the homosexual men are skewing the averages.

I think it's an impossible question. Men lie because they're trained to think that their penis should have had as many vaginal juices stick to them as possible; women lie to sound prude despite their efforts to look "sexy" (by media standards) in comfortless clothing. I'm in the double digits at age 25, as is my boyfriend, and nearly every one of my friends. So the latest study (on ABC and elsewhere) has got to be a big whopping miscalculation. My guess? The average 20-something has had 10-15 partners.

i am 21 and have slept with 6 guys!! all but 2 being pretty serious boyfriends!! was with my first serious boyfriend at the age of 16! i then had my son at 18 which has made me not sleep about which i probably would had, had i not become a mummy!! i am single and imagine i will sleep with a few more before i find my knioght in shining armour, settle down and get married!! everyone is different !!

OK! I'm 34 and as far as I'm concerned I haven't sexed around much - definitely not even half as much as I could of done throughout my days - and as of Jan 07 I have had sex with 13 girls... Now whilst I don't sleep around I have witnessed the uncountable amount of girls some of my friends and family and have been with over the years and it is easily 3 times more than me... So whats the average... well to arrive at an average you typically take a total and devide it amongst the amount participants - now keeping in mind that the majority of guys I know have been with 2/3 times more girls than me I would say the average number is looking somewhere around 20. Oh yeah! I should also mention that most of my female friends have also had more sexual partners than me ;-( DAMN IT!!

I'm 25 college educated, single, no kids. I've been with 30.

I am an educated 26 year old gay male. I have been with 10 partners all my life. This includes oral/anal.

Im 19, in second year university, and i've slept with 16 people. Many of these were in relationships (albeit some were pretty short lived - a few weeks or months). Others were one night stands...freshman first term is a messy messy place!

Well Im 26 . An I am a fairly educated man. I have been with around 40 women in my life. And that is sex. If you count other stuff too I am well into the 6os or 70s. I consider myself lucky and picky. I look for a certain thing in a girl IF i dont like the way her clit sits I wont sleep with her again. Or if her nipples are too dark I will find someone new . If the woman is perfect then she usually is a phsyco. I havce found that out over and over. ALways looking for the next venture . wittyfather@yahoo.com

my girl friend of 24 has slept with 19 guys and 10 girls. she started having sexual relationships at 14 and has had the usual singleton behaviour, periods of riotous promiscuity as well as peroids of abstenace as well as long term loving relationships. it all goes to make her the person she is. fantastic in and out the sack. personally, i like the riotous bit best, hehe

I am 30 and I have been with 5 people. My first time was around the age of 19-20 yrs. My 1st time I had a husband, the other times long-term relationships.

I am 22 F w/ a BA and have had 13 partners, 18 including oral. is that a lot??

i am 22 years old, 3rd year university student and have had 18 sexual partners, that includes three long term relatinships (one of which i'm currently dating and hope to spend the rest of my life with), a few one night stands, a few "quick" relationships (lasting a each a month or so) and a couple of really drunk freshman dorm mistakes. i started having sex when i was 15 and have learned a lot since then.... i am a woman who has lived and learned (well, as far as sex goes...)

wow, this post prove without doubt women are dirty and liars in person.. i won't be so quick to sleep with any women after reading this... this is just gross... this is why i won't touch a girl over 19 years old cause after that you are just another sperm donor... OMG THIS HAS MADE ME ILL.. you women are pigs.

im 26 with an associates and persuing a BA through the military.. ive been in three somewhat long term relationships amounting to about 8 years... over time i have slept with approx 97 females.. you only live once..i am clean and do things in a respectful way..no regrets

I'm a 26 year old male with a college education and have been with 20 women. I started around age 17 and after breaking up with my gf when entering college had decent run. After college I was married for a couple of years afterwhich I had another decent run and am currently in a relationship that has lasted 9 months. I also don't know many girls my age that have been with less than 10. Even all the "good girls" I know have been with at least 7 or 8.

I am a 28 year old male. I started at 16. Been with 16 women. Four were LTR (over a year), including my current partner of almost 3 years. Between relationships I would usually sleep around. Of the 16, used protection every time with only 5 of them. Never used it with 8 of them and 3 of them did at first then didn't.

I'm a 19 year male college student and business owner and have had sex with about 35 men. Many of them had or have girl friends and almost all of them bottomed. I only tried to use a condom once and hated it. Men sleep with other men; that's why the male average is higher than the females.

I am a 31 year old now married woman. I have a law degree. I have been monogomous for the past 5 years but, including my husband, I have had vaginal intercourse with 10 men. I have had anal intercourse with 3 of those 10, including my husband. I have had oral sex with about half of the 10 and about 5 others with whom I did not have vaginal sex. My husband claims to have had slightly more partners. I used a condom with a few of the men and permitted 4 or 5 of the men to ejaculate inside of my vagina as I was on birth control and in a relationship with them.

im a 20 year old college student. i have had 4 sexual partners 3 of them are long term girlfriends and the other is just a 1 night stand.

I have to agree sevurs totally! Where do you "ladies"-and I use the term loosely,draw the line between "being free with your sexuality" and just being outright skanks? Really,48 male appendages and she's only 23? Clearly women like that lack self esteem and common sense. I HOPE I could settle down with woman who doesn't "know" the whole county! C'mon theres got to be a woman that treasures her body!? You should listen to this song by Eric Benet it's called Pretty Baby.

I'm not average but... I'm 24 and have been with two, a one night fling when I was 23 and now my current boyfriend who I have been with 4 months.

lost it at 22. was with him for 4 years. Went on a bender after..(He was bad at everything, but a part of me loved him and I was faithful) I retrained my body to relax and enjoy sex thanks to several paitent partners (the 4 year man was a premature ejaculator and I think I got off 4-6 times ever with him, and my body stopped enjoying it because it would end up frustrated - he wouldn't even finish me off) anyhow, I'm university educated, 28 now and not including recycling, I've was with 18 the first free year (I know, but wild oats and all), 8 the second. I found that men don't have as high a sex drive as me, or basic energy, I tire them out. Always protected, even if simply performing a BJ (I paid attention in health class) Few broken condoms, that's why those particular men are friends now...had to stay in touch, just in case I had to hunt them down and kill them :) Anyhow 28yr old female - 27 :P not ashamed. Question: Why are the women out there not doing their exercises? Men pop fast with me and are so embarrassed they either stop talking or become "just friends", and no it's not that that's all they wanted or that I was bad, they pop in about 15sec to 5 min. Some last. Am I the only one doing my kegels? (Not intended with any negativity, just curious) Anyhow 28yr old female - 27 :P not ashamed. Question: Why are the women out there not doing their exercises? Men pop fast with me and are so embarrased they either stop talking or become "just friends", and no it's not that that's all they wanted or that I was bad, they pop in about 15sec to 5 min. Some last. Am I the only one doing my kegals? (Not intended with any negativity, just curious)

There is no average number, at least not realistically. You do the math, and figure, what, about a dozen? But how many people actually have that number? Almost none. You shouldn't be comparing yourself to others, because you can always find the answer you don't want.

26 year old, college grad female here. I have had 3 partners. Was with my husband from age 16 to 25. He was my first. 2 other partners in the last year since my divorce. One was a long lost love from MANY years ago, the other is sort of an arrangment. We are co-workers that can't keep our hands off. Don't judge me, everyone has needs. And...he is delicious!

first, it's true that guys have problems expanding all kinds of numbers, from the number of their partners to the number of inches of various anatomical parts. gals do, indeed, tend to be more accurate, but, they tend to minimize ("yea, we had sex for 6 hours one night but we never did it again and we're still friends, so i'm not going to count that"). guys tend to include physical contact, whether it's "all the way or not" but especially "close calls". they're also more likely to report contact with strippers and prostitutes. college guys get their adrenaline and testosterone boost there, where the gals in stripper clubs and prostitutes on the street are less likely to be included in the survey, although, if they were, they might contribute a ridiculously great number (e.g., 5, 6, 5, 7, 1, 3, 2, 487). Even in studies that are not confined to college educated persons, these ladies are much more likely to succumb to infectious diseases, HIV, murder, etc. So, we're less likely to obtain and include their counts, which might account for as many as 1/4 of males who claim 2-3 dozen partners. One of the assumptions is that all contact is between a man and a woman. Guys, we feel a pressure to inflate this number whereas gals, often, feel pressure to deflate this number. Thus, guys might be more likely to include homosexual contacts (which can average in the hundreds, since guys are sooooo easy) whereas women are less likely to include lesbian contacts. individuals contribute to statistics but rarely are we perfectly in line with any statistic! my feeling is this - if you've had fewer or more partners than "the average" in America, so what! you've had, to this point in your life, the right number of partners for YOU!!! just because you're a guy with only 3 partners, don't plan on going out each night for the next month to boost your numbers. likewise, if you've had more than the average, especially because of the old social pressure on females, don't let that affect you. Again, you've also had the right number, if, indeed, there is such a thing. the important thing, in my opinion, is that you are fully with the person who is your partner now. that might be love, or it might be focused sexual expression. talk with them. ask them questions. listen to them. experiment with different techniques that you both are comfortable with. look them in the eyes. don't fake anything that's not there. discuss if there are boundaries in advance and "draw the line in the sand", so to speak. i've been really lucky in that very rarely have i ever been asked how many partners i've had. i think once, when it was a platonic friendship, i told the number. i've never told a sex partner the exact number, maybe for fear that she'll not feel comfortable. i don't, however, mislead or lie. i might say something like, before i met you i sowed my wild oats, but, gadz, i'd really like to spend time with you.

Depends on Location....Salt Lake City is NONE....and on Relatives...a girl with a lot of Brothers and Cousins in Arkansas.....35 0r 40

I really like the emphasis placed on the fact that it is different for everyone. Really, and at the end of the day, the number of times you have turned down the opportunity to have sex somewhat factors into how virtuous you feel about your 'number'. This, and your background/values/beliefs. I come from quite a liberal family and community and have had long term partners as well as flings in between. I certainly know that I have chosen to not have as many partners as I could have had--- but that is exactly why I looked up this question. I was curious to see what the average was before I headed out and had some more fun. For the record I think you can have a hella lot of great sex with partners- often (if partner is picked well in the beg.) that is way more satisfying then randoms (lots of sex, less people). But you can't find your prince/princess without doing some conveying and conquering. I'm a 26, single, attractive enough, university educated female who fit the traditional constructs of beauty. I've been with 9 people and had thought perhaps I wouldn't crack the double digits. The realistically likely hood that my next partner will be my future 'for ever and ever husband' seems fairly remote. Happy to weigh in on this topic.

female, 24. I've had so far 7 sexual partners, 5 if you only count intercourse

I am a 23 year old female college graduate, currently in law school. I have had sex with 52 men, starting at the age of 16. I have been in 3 long term relationships that amount to about 6 years. When I entered college I had only slept with my high school sweetheart and was determined to keep it that way until I was married. I quickly changed my mind. Some of these were mistakes caused by the excessive amounts of alcohol that is consumed at a large Florida university. However, I had some good times and some amazing experiences. I am currently in the midst of a 3 year relationship and my wild days are long over. I am lucky to have come out of it with no STDS whatsoever. Therefore, I have minimal regrets, if any.

Well I am a 25 year old college educated male from Georgia and I have had many sexual partners to the point that I have lost count and don't remember many of these encouters with young ladies until we cross paths again.Some of this is due to Alcohol and others are because I choose not to remember. In saying this I have concluded that it doesnt make me a bigger man to have had this amount of partners because I still yearn to find a relationship worth while.All that has happened is that I was able to have bragging rights in college but now that I am in the real world these experiences are the least of my concerns. So I say don't worry about quantity please worry about quality when choosing sexual partners because whenever you sleep with someone you are sleeping with all of their past partners as well.

If you think about it (justify it) this way: I am 28 and started doin it at 18. So 10 years. I have had 30 some partners and a ton of fun. So thats 3 partners a year. I have had a few year long relationships so i guess that means some years I had a few more than three. It would seem that sex once every four months is not that much. Be safe.

I am 32 year old female and started having sex when I was 14 years old and had 27 partners, three long term relationships (8 total years)and no STD's

im an 18 year old female, had 8 partners and has been sexually active since i was 15.

im an 18 year old female, had 8 intercourse partners and have been sexually active since i was 15. 2 were long term boyfriends.

I don't believe that the average number of partners is 8 for men and 3 for women. No way. People are lying. Most people I know have had 10 and up. I think I only know a few people that have had none or a few that are in their 20s. One of my male friends (age 26) has had over 100. That is the most that I have ever heard for someone that age. I'm 25, college educated, no kids, and have had 30 sexual partners. I had sex for the first time when I was 16. 4 were serious relationships. Most of the others were courtships lasting a few months. And yes, some were drunken high school and college mistakes. I'm definitely not wild like that anymore. I wouldn't want to go back to that behavior. I'm happy in my relationship and ready to settle down. I think too many people take sex as casually as yawning and it's kind of sad. I know my number isn't exactly small, but I hope to one day educate my kids well enough that they will value meaning in sex and not disrespect their bodies(females AND males). Too many diseases not to mention the effect it has on one's sense of self-worth when excessive. I have also learned to not discuss number of sex partners in relationships. It poisons relationships and creates a lot of jealousy and insecurity.

It's a difficult question to answer because the stats will be different because many factors will come into play. First, geography. If you reside in say.... Newport Beach where there are a tons of single 20 & 30 somethings your going to get a lot of action (if that's your goal). Now, if you reside in say...small town midwest america your sexual partners will be less because there just a smaller pool of people who meet those demographics. Also, I personally think small town america mindset is a little different compared to a fast pace metropolitan city. Secondly, if you physically attractive or height weight proportionate is another important factor because most humans it starts with physical attraction. That may not sound politically correct or fair but that's just a fact of life. Anyways, I don't think there is a correct so called "average". I personally slept with just under a 100 women. Then again I lived most my adult life in large cities with tons of single people like Southern California, NYC, Vancouver Canada and Seattle. I say be concerned about quality not quantity. Thank god I never got any std's... :)

I am a 25 year old female, currently in college, and have had 9 sexual partners. 2 long term relationships (one for 5 years and one for two and a half) 2 short term relationships (a few months) and the rest involved alcohol which resulted in one night stands.

I am 25 college educated and I'd say I am between 30-35 I don't know exactly

27 y.o. female doctor with 0 partners. I'm the one that screws up the average.

48 men? 52 men? Honestly - these women are going to have to lie their asses off to their husbands (if they ever get one) because no self-respecting guy is going to want to touch a used POA like that long term, and thats a fact. For some reason, women try to convince themselves that sleeping around is ok, then they feel guilty about it. Cant get away from your evolution. Just the way it is.

The answer is 4 for guys 3 for girls- life time is 6 women and 9 guys. Now also lifetime- top 5% of guys have 40+, girls top 10% had 10+ . The difference occurs at top range of females which top 3% have 25+ and 1% 500+ while top guy 1% is 100 to max 200.Obviously, people who answer questions in forums, self directed questionnaires etc will be in top percent since these people ,like us here,are interested in sex or were in the past provideding bias data based on their own personal habits.Thus is always best to look at data from National health Survey or CDC.

I'm 22 year old guy been wit two dozen girls, got head from most of them, anal wit about 9 of them and went in rawwwww wit most of them most of the time. However I'm settled down now and married, too bad ladies ;)

I am 23 years old, male - educated (although I don't know why people on this thread are mentioning that) Do college grads get more ass, less? Anyway, 8 partners - 6 were more or less one-time things, the other two were part of relationships that lasted a year or more. Pretty ho-hum average if you ask me. My gf claims" to have been with (intercourse) 3 guys although I've heard her say things like, "I was more the third base-type" - jesus....girl has probably gone down on like 30 dudes...any guesses?

There is no AVERAGE. Everyone is different. And quite frankly, everyone lies one way or the other whether it is more partners or less. Girls tend to lie about the number of partners they've had since we as the feminine part of the species are supposed to be virgins when we get married. And men are supposed to "sow their wild oats" before they get married so they will be faithful to their one true love. Everyone, get real. Women sleep with a lot more men than men sleep with women - we just don't need the ego boost to brag to our "homeboys". We have class and discretion.

Not that it matters, but I too am a 26 y/o educated woman...For some particular reason, I find this topic very interesting. The discussions on the types of math work best or how the averages exist is what piques my interest...and I thought I hated math. You have a few 'facts' to go off of based on gender stereotypes and it yields the following theory: 1. More men will lie about the number being higher than women will 2. More women will lie about the number being lower than men will 3. You have a whole sector of folks who either wait until marriage, cannot get laid until they would have preferred to start, those who started late and "made up ground," those who simply do not care to have sex at all, so forth. These folks don't fall within the norm, but their personal norms affect the average drastically by factoring in zeros and ones with, say, 20's and 30's as the higher median I'm basing this statement on having more male friends than female. Having a personal count of eleven men and six female; where sex with men is defined by intercourse as the standard and sex with women including any sort of action in the nether regions. I was also a teen of the school of thought that marriage was when I was supposed to have sex and yet an early twenties sexual revoulutionist... There is an additional factor here that makes me wish I knew more about statistics and that stereotype is that the same few women are having multiple partners...increasing very few women's number...but increasing it by tens...throwing off the whole thing somewhere, but I can't get it right in my head. And then, there's the comment on the third-basest girl friend...it reiminds me that one might want to know how the test defined "partner" and "sex." Are some testers considering partners who may have "only" manually or orally stimulated, but more women are including lower numbers like partners who made her climax...either by intentional (embarrassment), subconscious choice, or personal definitions of simple words...with potentially more complex personal deviations. Yeah, I didn't know I felt nerdy about sexual partners. Sorry for the long post. Just food for thought...

The average number according to CDC and National surveys from University of Chicago is 3 for women 5 for Males. The reason for double standard-why women are socially degraded while men are praised for promiscuous behavior is that a handsome,rich,tall and great personality guy will be limited by women-that is, he will still get plenty of rejection, but an ugly,fat,crude girl still can get someone to do her anytime she wants-just by asking.So, people like when we accomplish difficult things; what is hard for men?- getting lots of women. What is hard for women? not sleeping with tons of guys.BTW I am female and have 3 brothers so I know how it is! Thou, I do not think promiscuous behavior right for either sex. And the reason that is like that, the aforementioned-besides the social incentives- is that only 20% of women have orgasm with intercourse and 20% never do- and those in between vary on in frequency. On the other hand, 90% of men achieve orgasm every time they engage in sex - even with strangers, which decreases the orgasm rate for women overall. Also women are concern about safety-and with just cause since is more probable that a female will be victimize by stranger compared to a male.Hence, the less incentive for a female to engage in sex while there are many for men to do so.

Im 56, so I come at it from a generational perspective - pre-aids - and basically post 1960's. I have had straight up intercourse with between 30-35 woman. There are of course additional 'wildcard' sexual encounters that do not include intercourse, but do include blowjobs, handjobs etc. Given those qualifiers, I'd say an additional 15+ would be included in the wildcard number. I don't think, for a guy my age, and only married three years (1983-86) - but involved in a number of committed 'relationships' that that would be a very odd number. So that's my two cents

You need to use standard 3rd world ho rules here. If the man lives in US, UK, or Australia: CORRECT # of Experiences by DIVIDING by 3 Woman's # of Experiences and MULTIPLE by 3 She says 8 . that means 24 but I don't want to be looked down upon. If he says -- 30.... the answer is probably closer to 10. He wants to boast or feel more masculine in a society where men being men is increasingly frowned upon and where we rejoice on Women acting like Men. EXCEPTION: EXPAT MEN floating around. We dial down our numbers so that we don't look too bad in conversation with all parties concerned. Some of us think in terms of 100's or even 1000's of partners. 3rd World will always be different than first. 1 per week is not that bad. That is 52 per year. Over 10 years that is 520. These are not bizarre numbers. Plenty of people average 3 or more per week who aren't working; just playing. I get a real shock response to people PASSING EXTREME judgment on numbers as conservative as 30 or 40 partners. What your doing in SUPERIMPOSING YOUR CULTURE AND RELIGIOUS STANCE on the entire planet and declaring yourself the arbitrary center of morality. Then again; the #1 thing Americans are good at is PASSING JUDGMENT. It's pretty easy to see planet hopping.

I would think the number would fall between 10 and 30.

I am a 19 year old college student who has had 15 partners in 3 years... normal?

i am 19 female in college and been with 22 people...

I am a 25 y.o. college education female and I have had 11 sexual partners. 3 were LTRs (1+ yrs), 6 were short term relationships (a few months), and one was a FWB. I have been sexually active for 12 yrs :

It will be four more years before I could give you a total as a 26 year old, but I'll try to get my numbers up... ;~)

I am 29 years old. Also university educated, and I have had about 65 sexual partners and 5 threesomes and 1 foursome. ( always used protection ) Wow.... This is the first time I count.

College educated business executive 33 year old male and I'm approaching 300 partners. To give you some more relevant data points, a college educated female co-worker of mine, 29 years old, has had approximately 80 partners. I know a 19 year old girl with 65; 2 19 year old girls with 30+; an 18 year old girl with 39; an 18 year old girl with 100+; a handful of 18 and 19 year old girls with 7 to 10; and a 25 year old with 150+.

Good lord, people are here must have low self esteem!! Go for quality not quantity. I know at least 15 guys that are in their mid to upper 20's that are virgins and I know a couple of girls the same way. Then again I know a girl that's been with over 30 guys and now has cervical cancer and gets growths cut out of her equipment every so often. And a couple guys I know have experienced a serious burn when they pee. Also HPV causes penile cancer in males. Most people don't realize this, but this is one reason health authorities may start giving the HPV vaccine to males. You can't expect to catch a disease and experience no negative effects from it. BTW I'm 26 male, been with one girl.

I'm a 20 year old female currently in college, and I've been with 3 men. I came to college pretty inexperienced, having only kissed boys all throughout my highschool years. I lost my virginity at 18 to a boyfriend I had mediocre feelings about, and quickly dumped him after I realized it. I then had a clumsy one night stand with a good friend, and now I'm with my boyfriend of over a year, who I'm hoping is my last. He is 22 and has had 8 partners.

sex is becoming less of a stigma and more acceptable like everyone expects to v. earlier times where everyone hoped to get laid. It's like if u go to a party and even if u go without a date ur chances of getting laid r still pretty good. i think women r becoming more aware of fulfilling their needs and that is a good thing. i would think an average number of 10 partners.

I think it's disgusting how our society treats sex these days. It's all about how many you been with and so forth. It isn't treated sacred no more. Majority of women my age these days are sluts. I am a 24 year old male and have had 2 long term partners, losing my virginity at 19 and I am far from a religious person. And not to sound conceded but I look better than 90% of men and hung better than 80% and have a very high sex drive; I just have discipline. It's so hard to find women that aren't "easy" these days. Then you have shows like "Sex in the City" that acts like the behavior is normal. Well, for all you sluts, let me know how STD's works out for ya.

Mostly younger people answered the quesiton.. to have a better idea ıam 30 years old.. ı had a marriage which lasted 2 years and ı have been with 32 other women in my life... if you ask what that number would be for 26 years old person.. ı think it should be between 15-20 average... it depends on LTRs and marriges .. if you have more LTR or marriage you will have less partner..ı have a frined that ı know since high school .. he is also in same age with me and ı know that he had more than 100 ..only one LTOR and no marriage..

for a female i would say like 3 for a male i would say like 10

104 im 28 PHD male

Everyone is diffrent so the numbers vary drastically , I had a ton of them but according to my preacher we are allowed one per lifetime

I'm a 25year old college masters graduated making 70K a year. Been w/ about 60 guys. A few were long term the rest short term n only 3 night stands.

i think it is just situation... ex if your in the millitary as a woman you will have a lot more rm to say i dont like this one lets try someone else but if there are not a lot of choices a woman might settle for whatever and have fewer partners... jus a thought and men idk im a woman lol

I am a 22 year old male, going to college and have had 13 female sexual partners (intercourse) in the last seven years, 11 of them in the last two years. Of those: Three long time relationships. About four one night stands. One threesome. Eight of them without protection. One escort. Additionally, I have been with other five girls without penetration (oral sex, mutual masturbation). In the last 11 months I have been sexually active in a serious relationship and have occasional encounters with another girl (no more than 10 times this year).

I am a 26 year old male and honestly my number is 31 different partners and one was three years so its not like I was playing the field all that time...

well it all depends on you !!!!! 10 - 15

This Q makes me sick you people pride yourselves on how many people you have had sex with but I feel bad for you because one day you will be married and both you and your spouse will regret every stupid desicion you have made but you won't be able to change it sex was made to be in the bonds of marriage for a reason and that reason is protection

I AM 19YR AND I HAVE 6 PARTNER......2 WERE 2 YRS LONG RELATIONSHIPS, 1 WAS SHORT TERM REALTIONSHIP, 1 WAS A FLING, 1 MISTAKE AND 1 WAS IDK ....I LOST MY V CARD WHEN I WAS 15 ONE MONTH BEFORE I TURNED 16YR

well im 25 yo male, was a virgin till i was about 19 messed around a couple of times not doing much. Later on I never really met anyone I wanted to go steady with, so I messed around instead of watching movies, no emotional attatchment at all for a grand total of around 9 or 10 partners

I'm a 27 year old college educated male, and current graduate student. I spent 8 years on active duty in the military, and now work as a manager within the Fortune 500. I'm attractive, caucasion, blonde/blue, tan, of average height, and muscular. My take on the "numbers" is this. Many men will embellish their totals to sound like bad asses, and many women will undercut their totals in order to not appear slutty. A few years ago I heard, jokingly, this quote. "If you want to know how many woman a man has been with take the number he gives you and divide by 3. If you want to know how many men a woman has been with take the number she gives you and multiply by 2." Of course this isn't accurate but it does provide a certain amount of humor. Now, I have been with 32 women over the last 11 years. The early years were pretty slow going with only 2 or so each year, but this changed as I got older and became more successful and muscular. The question of "how many" has come up probably 75% of the time that I have been with a gal. I honestly tell them exactly how many, and they (age 18 to 26) tend to have been with 10 or so men on average. There are of course girls who don't fall into this patter. A few years ago I was regulary sleeping with a swimsuit model in New Orleans who honestly couldn't say how many men she'd been with. Two years ago I was sleeping with a 20 year old college student who admitted that while she had only slept with 5 or 6 guys she had performed oral sex on many more. Apparently going down on someone seems to be less morally degrading to a handful of people than screwing. (I know someone is thinking... "Ohhh... how'd those dicks taste when you kissed that girl!" Seriously... stop being a fag.) On the guy side I have been with many more women than nearly every male I know or have ever met. A few abercrombie looking buddies have been with 50+ but that is not the norm. What I find is most guys greatly exaggerate their number when they hear mine like I am going to respect them more or something. So gay.. In the end it isn't at all difficult to meet someone and have sex. That's the easy part. Any guy who takes care of himself, is in his late 20s, has an education, and makes a lot of money is going to have no problem finding women who want to get him in bed. This is expecially true when visiting small towns where there are fewer guys who give a shit about their appearance or make a good living. On my side I am picky about who I sleep with. I will not sleep with a girl who is taller than 5'7" or heavier than 129 lbs. I like attactive women with nice bodies. If I had slept with every single chick who was willing my number would be rediculous... 100-150??? I just say no most of the time because of the attraction aspect, and the fact that I have to at feel good about the experience afterwords. So, as a man or woman is it better to be with more or less? I guess that's a matter of opinion. Any man who says that he "wants" to be with a virgin either has a small pecker or little experience. The worst thing in the world is the "ouch, stop, ouch, go, ouch, ouch, ouch" BS that comes with virgin gals. On the other side these gals don't know WTF they are doing, are insecure more often than not, and tend to become obsessed right way. "We should get married, buy a house, two dogs, and decorate for the babies!" Nooooo... On the other side I can't begin to tell the number of horror stories that I hear from women about the majority of guys who have equipment but can't use it properly. Missionary for 3 minutes with no foreplay just doesn't cut it guys... Seriously... In the end I guess it really doesn't matter. If you sleep with enough people you'll probably catch "something", but even that isn't so bad after you've been through it. A pill, a crappy tasting powder drink, or a shot plus 10 days with no sex and you can get rid of just about everything. The only really scary sides to being active are the herp, AIDS, and unwanted babies. My advise is this. Set standards for yourself (i.e.no fat people, no ugly people, no bald dudes... if your a chick, or whatever works for you. Maybe no skinny people if your a chubby chaser. It takes all kinds). Then stick to your criteria! Don't settle for less just because you haven't been poked in a few weeks. Do use condoms until you really know that your regular f#$K buddy is clean and the girl is on BC (which she really takes). Don't go down on people you just meet... enough said there. Masterbate! lol. An imagination is a great thing. Hmmm... ASK the person if they have something! This is huge. The biggest red flag in my opinion is when someone replies, "You know, i'm not worries about catching something". Of course you aren't! Your answer probably means you already have the herp! Alright... I am going to sleep. Good luck to you all!

I am a 26 year old college educated woman and I have been with 14 people in all. Two were women, about four were one-night-stands, and only one was a long term relationship.

im a 21 year old female, educated, and has had 64 sex partners. I've been sexually active since the age of 11. Haha what can say, i like sex.

I'm a college grad male, lost my virginity when I was 21 I guess 8 total although 2 of those might not technically count; more of naked-third-base type thing= me very drunk and clueless (with friends during which I wasn't really sure how to deal with the situation) They were: 4 long term relationships (still friendly with all of them) 1 month long 1 month or so A couple other short ones I could remember all of their names if I think about it I've never had a one night stand And no, I'm not altogether satisfied with my sex past, for being too uneventful and not really to my personal choices exactly - I was always very shy and never did take the opportunities I wanted to with several women, asking them out etc That said: holy sh*t some of these women answering have had a lot of partners- no wonder they're such liars

the numbers keep increasing with each decade..for every new decade of birth add 10 ie ..born in the 80's ..ten ...90's twenty etc by age 26.. and make no mistake ..nowadays girls are riding side by side with men and even ..faster at times .... ...the probability of cheating increases by 7 percent with each new week minus 1 % for every extra day from 1st dating day to first action day. Add an additional percent if your partner consumes any drug.including alcohol or cigarette an addition l percent if your partner often likes patying alone( not with you) Subtract 2 percent if your partner has had along time relationship before....

I am a 24 year old male and have been with (intercourse) 47 women, I gave 21 of them head and got head from 35 of them....does that seem normal to anyone I feel like I might be looked at as nasty by most.

i am assuming the person hasn't had a long term relationship, if so i'd say 3 a year from when she became sexually active at 21 so that would be 15 people, god it sounds bad like that but that's what i would assume it being the lower end but the number could be WAY higher like 50.

Making the assumption that sexual activity started late, that's 10 years worth of sex. 3 times a week is a bit low, but let's keep it conservative, so that 150 partners a year over 10 years, so something like 1500, but I would expect teh number should be closer to 2000

Im a 18 year old female and i have had 3 partners, one was a long term thing, the other two where just in the moment.. I have been sexually active for about 2 years now.

My estimate is that the average 26 year old college educated male has been with 13 women and that the average 26 yo college educated woman has been with 5-6 guys. This is just my educated guess from my personal knowledge about the people around me and what I can deduce from what I know about thier habits. Also, I can say that as for my own personal experiences, I started when I was 12 and I am 27 now...I have had a lot of years to be in relationships but I have not had many long term relationships. One for 14 months and two for ten months. I do not know the number exactly but my best estimate is somewhere in the mid seventies....I know this probably is so bad....to right about the eighty mark. It may be worth noting that I left college for 5 years and went and did other things durign that time. Anyhow, I felt like sharing. I shared.

I am a 16 yr old Norwegian guy, been with 6 women. Not a small number, not over the top either. What you think? And sorry bout` my english, as I mentioned, I`m Norwegian.

Imho men should only marry someone after having sex with at least 10 diferent woman. When I say diferent is really diferent, like fat and thin, black and white, etc. In the end marry a virgin (at least you have fun teaching her until she cheats you), a prostitute (you have fun learning and have extra money for shinny clothes), a sex maniac (you must hire a housemaid and a nanny of course) or a chinese (it's for life).

Noone mentioned if it was a straight college male or a bi or gay one...???? im gay and ive slept with 2 women and around 75 men. im 22, so idk how many by 26 but i have slowed down a bit. ive been moving around the country. i did get herpes. but it didnt really ever do anything after the initial infection. i dont tell anyone i have it either. the only time i was ever in ltr was in high school with the girls and ever since then noone has been willing to settle down with me everyone just wants to have sex so i give them what they want. im over looking for a ltr its a waste of time money and energy and i rather spend all that on myself also since im gay i cant get married anyway so whats the point of looking for someone. and i try to have sex with as many inexperienced "straight" guys as possible, im pretty successful at getting in bed with the closeted straight acting guys which i enjoy way more then the stupid fags that act like bitches. lol give me ur opinion.

Hey Y'all im a 17 year old female in the UK and i have had 25 different sexual partners and i dont think theres anything wrong with it. i always protect myself and its only a bit of fun, no harm is done.

Just turned 28, 16 - 25 Male. (I am behind schedule!)

Im a female college junior student 21 y.o. Have had 17 sexual partners: 3 long time relationships. 5 short time relationships. a lot of one night stands. one girl. Im not a lesbian but wanted to have the expirience. 9 without any type of protection. I'm on the pill and rarely ask them to use a rubber. three people from other countries.

I HAVE BEEN WITH OVER 100 WOMEN AND 10 MEN

OK going by CDC statistical data Life time for average Male is 8. Female is 4. 20% of Males have done over 20 and 15% of females have done over 15. Average pick up artist male does 300 females , good looking male (top 5% looks) 40females (just social not a womaniser), Good looking Pick up artist 400 to 500 lifetime. Punter (guy frequents prostitutes) 300 to 800. Swingers 500 to 1000. A rock star like: Gene Simmons (Kiss) has done 3000 lifetime. Now most (90%) women have less than 10 lifetime partners,however 9% have between 11 to 50 and 1 have hundreds and thousands. Prostitutes brothel average 500 guys a year- 3 to 5 thousand career. Now for 26 college students average is 6 male, 5 female.

I am 23 years old, college educated and have been with 3 men. Two were from long term relationships and the last was just a fun night...a very fun night :)