Men Sleep Around More Than Women (Act Surprised)

December 10, 2007 - 10:30 am By Mikael - OSU

Just in case you thought your lack of action must be from women getting theirs more frequently elsewhere, studies show that men still have more sexual partners than women.

The nationwide survey found “29 percent of American men report having 15 or more female sexual partners in a lifetime, while only 9 percent of women report having sex with 15 or more men.”

A rough translation? The average amount of lifetime sexual partners for guys is 7, while the average for women is 4.

Researchers claim this study of 6,237 adults, aged 20 to 59, is more effective than previous ones have been, since most of the research was done with a computer program.

Instead of answering questions face-to-face (which may have caused some people to diminish, or heighten, their sexuality), subjects where left in a room and allowed to answer computerized questions in any amount of time they desired.

What the test doesn’t answer is why the ratio is still uneven. Is there something naturally ingrained in the male biological system that makes them more eager to have sex with different people? Do women still fear the dreaded double standard? Should we all just accept the fact that on average, men have a harder time committing themselves to a single partner?

And most importantly, do these numbers seem accurate to you? According to some of the figures I’ve heard tossed around in bars, they seem a little low, but give a random dude a shot of tequila and he’ll say anything to make himself look good…and well-laid.

James says:

December 12, 2007 at 6:24 pm

Men are liars!!! And so are Women but for different reasons. Men lie about how many sex partners they’ve had because they think more is better and women do the opposite because society judges them as whores or sluts if they appear to be too sexually active. Asked privately or not I don’t believe it. Put these folks on a polygraph machine and then extract every name and some verifiable details and then you’ll see Men and Women are about the exact same. Also, It has a lot to do with which cultural group you target as well.

Bob Smith says:

December 13, 2007 at 1:58 am

So Men have on average 3 more sexual partners than women? I guess the only way the math makes sense if the 3 more is men with men.

matt says:

December 18, 2007 at 1:15 am

“29 percent of American men report having 15 or more female sexual partners in a lifetime, while only 9 percent of women report having sex with 15 or more men.” – this is possible

A rough translation? The average amount of lifetime sexual partners for guys is 7, while the average for women is 4. – this is not possible

The true rough translation is that men either over-report the truth, women under-report the truth, or there also must be a larger percent of men that haver 0 or close to 0 partners than women to even it out.

gregory says:

March 2, 2008 at 8:30 am

must be a few women having a LOT of sex, to make up the difference

Mike Paahana says:

March 3, 2008 at 3:20 pm

men have to get sex where ever they can cause once u hook up with 1 girl she stop giving u sex an end up fooling around behind ur back anyway, so thats y i get it where ever i can

Emily Yaffe says:

March 4, 2008 at 5:08 am

Mikael, doesn’t OSU force you to take elementary courses in mathematics before you graduate? Ask a mathematician why it’s not possible for the number of sex partners between men and women to be different when we assume heterosexual relationships.