Relationships

I Asked My Guy Friends: Why Do Men Care About A Woman's Body Count?

Although we don’t write about our sexual history in our dating profiles, it’s undoubtedly a quality that many people care about when seeking a long-term relationship. It has the power to influence the size of our individual dating markets and rule us out as a potential suitor for many singletons.

By Rebecca Hope6 min read
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Often, men with a high number of sexual partners will look for a woman with a low body count when settling down. They don’t feel their number matters and only a woman’s does. It’s a sexual double standard that has prevailed despite feminism’s best efforts to eradicate it.