Sex is everywhere. It’s seen all over television, billboards, magazines, and throughout society. It has had a big impact on young adults and peoples’ perception of what sex is and how it should be handled.
Many students find themselves so caught up with the “American Dream” of finding their husband or wife while in school that by the time they finally meet that person their body count, or as you can say sex number is way too high due to searching, dating and trying to find that one future husband or wife.
Here at Kean students gather for events like “Sex in the Dark” and “Milk & Cookies” to talk openly about sex and the dos and dont’s of dating.
As seen in the new movie What’s your Number starring Anna Faris and Chris Evans the number of sexual partners between females and males has been talked about for years.
According to sextalkarizona.edu, 89% of undergrads who have had sex reported two or fewer partners during the last year and 33% of undergraduate students claimed to be virgins.
When it comes to the number of sex partners that a woman has compared to a man, there is a double standard. If a woman has too many (usually more than 3 in a number of peoples’ opinions) she is considered to be loose but if a man has 3 or more partners he’s “THE
Back in the old times men courted women and people got to know each other deeply before engaging in sexual activities. Today is the “hook-up” time when many young people go out to meet someone new and that very same night find themselves in that person’s bed or back seat doing their thing. “Hooking up” has sent peoples’ sex numbers up as well.
How high of a number is too high when it comes to sexual partners? At the end of the day it’s up to the person that is going to either accept or reject the other person. When it comes to what exactly is too many for them it’s based on their comfort zone in the situation.
In fact when you really examine this question there’s no clear answer that I could give. I can’t give you that two is too high or that a hundred is.
According to MSNBC Sexual Health, the median number of lifetime female sexual partners for men was seven and male sexual partners for females was four.
Knowing someone’s sexual partner number is always going to be a situation that you will never really know the truth about. You just have to be willing to trust that the person is being honest.
From there you could decide what’s too high and what’s not. What really needs to be questioned is have you ever been tested for HIV or STDs?
Another factor is that not everyone in college is having sex; if you’re not that makes your number less and you may become just as set apart as the boy or girl who has too many sex partners.