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14 is not average...

So, I was comparing my responses to some questions with others and one of the questions was something along the lines of, "If someone you were dating admitted to having slept with 14 people, what would your reaction be? That'd be too many and you'd run out the door? It'd bother you, but wouldn't affect your feelings? It's about average? You wouldn't care one way or another?"

I wrote that it was too many. I read a couple people (around my age) saying that it was about average. I got to thinking, "Seriously? Is that about average? If so, I'm way behind!"

So, I did some research. This is what I do. I found this semi-recent Kinsey study revolving around sex - http://www.iub.edu/~kinsey/resources/FAQ.html

In the study, it says by the time someone is 30, a woman will, on average, have slept with 4 guys and a guy will have slept with between 6 and 8 women. So, in both cases, 14 is a bit high, on average 10 higher for women and between 6 and 8 higher for men. Even these averages are a bit on the high side for me, but they make me feel a little safer about ever engaging in said activity again. I may remain forever abstinent if everyone was sleeping around with 14 people. Geesh... Even the 6-8 would make me quite hesitant and 4 may be right on the borderline.

So yeah, anytime I hear someone say that 14 is average in terms of the number of sexual partners one has by the time they're 30, I'm going to see the doctor and get tested from just being in their presence and there's no way I'll be #15.
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