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 | It's a question that only makes sense in context. Am I being asked out on a date? Am I being told to move it along in the line at a deli? Or am I being questioned about my sexual past and sexual prowess? Counting the number of sex partners we've had is a very, very old tradition. But it's much more of an art than science, and the mathematics of sex number crunching is far less exact than you might imagine. Before you get your calculator out, read on. ~ Cory | |
Number of Sex Partners: What Your Number Says About You
Social scientists, and vapid freaky-economist-media-hounds are more than happy to come up with nonsense formulas that will tell you the ideal number of sexual partners you should have, or the number most people have before they find the "right" partner. All of this ignores the more interesting questions about why we're often afraid, embarrassed, or ashamed to tell someone how many sexual partners we've had in the past, and why even coming up with a number is harder than simple addition.
| To Tell, or Not to Tell, Is That the Question?
It's a dating conversation most of us want to avoid. If you're curious about their number you can't ask without having to disclose yours. Do you ever tell? Do you ever tell the truth? And how can you get out of telling without seeming like you're hiding something. For answers to these questions and more, follow the link.
| Weekly Sex Def: Sexual Expression
This is a term that gets used a lot to describe something more than sexual activity but something less than everything. How would you define sexual expression?
| Sexual Orientation Confusion
The assumption is that everyone has one sexual orientation, and that by the time you reach a certain age, you know what that is. But as a celebrity recently reminded us on Twitter, when you assume you make an ass out of you and me. I'm not sure why I end up looking like an ass when it's you making the assumption, but I do know that there are adults who are still plenty confused about their own and others sexual orientation.
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