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Monday, August 13, 2007 12:00 AM

Chaste women + promiscuous men = impossible

Mathematicians take on surveys finding gap between men's and women's number of sex partners.
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Monday, August 13, 2007 01:09 PM

    Well, it's median, not mean so the numbers could work.

    The numbers would work if there are seven, super promiscuous women out there who are each having sex with every single American man. Since we are talking median here, and there are millions of American women, these seven super sluts would have no discernible impact on the median number of partners for women. Though, if this is indeed what's happening, I'd think the rates of STD's would be higher.

    - Andy

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