You know, one thing that's a statistical enigma to me in these surveys (looking specifically at Total Number of sex partners, midway down the first page):
24% of men have had sex with 11 or more partners, but only 10% of women report similar levels of activity. Infact, if you add up the totals using the low-end numbers, the males, in total, report having 5.93 partners on average. The women, by comparison, report having 3.86 partners. Now, that's a huge statistical difference, over 2. There are 2 possible theories that one can draw from these numbers:
The first theory: A significant portion of all male sex is homosexual--the difference between the male and female figures is 2.07, and the only explanation for men having more encounters than women is gay sex. You're left with 2.07, which means that on average, American males have had two gay partner and four female partners. It also means that one in every five sexual encounters in the US is homosexual. And that's ignoring the probability that a small number of that 3.86 number for the women is made up of lesbian partners, a fact which would push the male homosexual number even higher.
The second, and more likely theory: Men always inflate their number of partners by one on average, likely including second/third base encounters, while women round down, always neglecting to include those one or two guys who weren't very memorable, anyway.
SOMEBODY GIVE ME SOME HOCKEY STATS TO ANALYZE, DAMMIT!!!
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