Why are we lying about our number of sexual partners?

According to the studies, men have a hunting table that is always longer than women. A British study badyzed the responses of 15,162 people aged 16 to 74, interviewed between September 2010 and August 2012 in Britain. According to the calculations, l men have about 14 bad partners in their lives as against 7 for women. According to the researchers, " in a closed population sample and over a defined period, the number of opposite-bad partners of men and women should be equal." For them, men exaggerate their number of badual partners, even unconsciously.

The statistics do not include partners who do not reside in the United Kingdom. In addition, they mix ages. But it is especially a third point that tickles the researchers: they do not include the bad workers. Why ? Because people do not quote the prostitutes they attended in their total. By shame, fear or simply because they do not consider it a "real" badual relationship. This, therefore, falsifies the calculations

Women enumerate, men estimate

If there was only that … The researchers provide a second explanation for the irrelevance of the figures. Women count their partners one by one while men make an estimate. This gives very different results, since men often review their results on the rise with round figures . Not to mention that they often include their relations without penetration to their total number.

If they magnify their total, it is not necessarily conscious. Society and its injunctions play an important role in polling results. According to the study, men exaggerate to best match gender norms. Same process for women, who bend to what is expected of them and therefore review their estimates downward. It is known: a man is supposed to have a giant hunting board. On the other hand, the opposite is worth to the woman a slew of insults. The researchers also note that if the interview is done in a more private setting, or if the context is that the lie of men can be unveiled, the figure is revised downwards by men and increases for women. They also add a key element: The researcher's genre may also have an influence on the respondent's response.

The one-night shots badumed by men

Relationships of one night are "not serious at all" for 17.5% of men. Against only 9.3% of women. A detail that can skew a whole calculation, women are less inclined to reveal their shot of a night. But then which explanation influences the participants' responses the most? It depends, answer the researchers. Finally, if all these elements are taken into account, the difference between man and woman goes to less than 3 badual partners. In any case, these figures are important for calculating the risks of HIV transmission in the population. Hence the importance of taking into account all these factors …

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