I really hate slut shaming. There is a stigma that the amount of sexual partners you have had somehow correlates as to what kind of person you are. As long as it's consensual, it's nobody's business but the people who are involved.

I don't think number matters in relation to previous sexual encounters. What matters is that all parties involved are of age, consenting, healthy, and safe. And human. Felt the need to tack that last one on there...just in case.

Numbers are arbitrary.

How many sexual partners anyone has had is no one else's damned business.
As long as no one is being exposed to an STD, it's immaterial.
If anyone asks how many partners anyone else has had, they're just setting them
up to be judged. No one should take that bait. However, if asked that question, they
should be wary of the person asking. They're just looking for something to judge you on.

At once or serially?

in my young life - in order to pay off my first australia trip - i used to be a sex worker, on & off for a total of ca. 6 months. does that count?

Health is the only thing that matters to me in regard to sexual proclivities. Unless sex is unnecessarily risky or becomes disruptive to other areas of one's life, in which case there may be underlying psychological issues to address, I don't care whether it's zero or a thousand sexual partners. The consensual sexual practices of other adults are really none of my concern.

I say it's your life do what you want.

The correct answer is 7. It's always 7. Anything less than 6, you sound like a liar, more than 10 and you sound like a slut. So the answer is always 7. (This is the "it's none of your business" kind of lie and is not really a lie.)

I think the problem would be how many bad ones. I feel issues around sexual activity are a remnant from religion.

You look young enough to have been born after the start and peak of the AIDS epidemic. Before that I would say sexual adventure and variety was fun and any bias was prudishness or guilt laden outdated belief systems. Multiple sexual partners is a risk for multiple sexual diseases of all kinds.I think it increases the risk of personal trauma too. If I were in my 20's now and knew those two things I would approach my sex life in a much different way. Intimate relationships are a precious thing to nurture

Less than 10.

As long as one is being healthy, not forcing someone to do something, is involved only with consenting adults and not causing harm or embarrassment ... I say yesYesYES!
But I believe I have a "problem."

Can one have too many friends?

I actually think you can have too few. I don't want someone who doesn't know what they want, or are too inhibited. I don't think I would consider someone with less than 10, unless she's spent most of her life in a monotonous relationship and wants to experiment.

There are the memorable ones and the ones you'd prefer to forget and therefore do.

Do orgies count?

Touching the white light is all I was ever after....good luck finding a man who even knows how.

It depends upon the person.

How long is a piece of string?

What may be more important is how many your sexual partner has had and whether they practiced safe sex. Remember, there are some STD's you can't get rid of.

Was never good with 11 seconds of fame. The expectation of my partners was to be faithful...though they couldn't be. Up until my wife? Every last one of them loved the orgasms that I couldn't be a part of. That's life.

I can tell you that much... Too Many. I am leaving it at that. But I am sure is less than what my ex wife guessed... I think.

Ooooooh yeah let me tell ya ,I get no respect, the other day I asked my wife"how come I never hear scream when you have an orgasm"? she says ..."cuz your never there"!

I ain't tellin' ...

From this poll result it looks like we may be in for an Atheist Orgy.
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