Everyone has always assumed — and early research had shown — that women desired fewer sexual partners over a lifetime than men.
Of course, the study reports how many sexual partners participants said they had had, not how many they wanted. Since it was filtered for an all-heterosexual population, the fact that men and women have about the same number of sexual partners (duh) doesn’t tell us anything about whether one sex wants more than the other.
Of course, the study reports how many sexual partners participants said they had had, not how many they wanted. Since it was filtered for an all-heterosexual population, the fact that men and women have about the same number of sexual partners (duh) doesn’t tell us anything about whether one sex wants more than the other.