[lbo-talk] SEx in America (was: school uniforms)

Jon Johanning jjohanning at igc.org
Thu Aug 28 07:15:02 PDT 2003


On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 02:55 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> The survey conducted by Michael et al. (_Sex in America: a definitive
> survey_) shows that on average American has about two or so sex partners
> in a life time.

"Definitive survey"? My working principle on statistical sex surveys is that they should all be taken with a pound or two of salt. Most people either don't want to talk about their sex lives at all with strangers, or boast to a ridiculous degree. As far as I can tell, the only way to really be sure you know exactly what people's sex lives are like is to hide in the closet and look through the keyhole.

I have no idea whatsoever how many sex partners Americans have on average, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were more than 2. In any case, amount of sexual activity is not necessarily correlated with total number of partners.

Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org _____________________________ Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx



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