There is some support for the notion that men exaggerate, or round up, on estimates of sexual partners whereas women do the reverse. There has been some interesting study of the differences between those who choose to respond to sexual surveys (who tend to be more liberal, surprise, surprise). Almost any recent issue of the Journal of Sex Research would be of interest here, but let me particularly recommend Michael Widerman's "Volunteer Bias in Sexuality Research Using Colege Student Participants", JSR, vol.36, pp. 59-66. That whole issue is about sex research methods in fact. Also there have been several recent articles by June Reinisch and Laura Carpenter about what constitutes "having sex". As you would expect, having intercourse produces the highest consensus, but there is not universal consensus on oral sex. Some of this has to do with language usage, of course, but it reveals some problems for sex researchers. If you just ask something like "How many people have you had sex with?", without specifying what "sex" is, one person will count all sexual encounters, while another may only count vaginal intercourse. This is probably more detail than some of you wanted to know, but it helps explain some of the discrepancies that come up in sex research.
Craig Cowden Northern Virginia Community College-Manassas --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
