Lifetime? That would depend on how long each relationship lasted. Sadly, people don't expect them to last so that would drive the number up. As well as the fact that couples often delay marriage until later in life, if at all, and that would increase the number as well.
Obviously women have sex outside relationships. But over a lifetime, the number of relationships is a good starting point. And sometimes women are raped. And sometimes they are groped on a crowded bus. Do we want to count those as sexual encounters as well? What about the ones who get really drunk, black out, and forget what thy did. Can't really count those.
No, I said sexual encounter. When trying to count sexual partners you need an indicator of what you mean by partner, I used relationship. But you dismissed that as if I didn't acknowlede one night stands. That is still a relationship, if even only a 30 min one. So I pointed out the trouble with vague terms. Sorry I wasn't more clear about it. Would you like to misunderstand me again?
Oh, sorry, I understand now. When you talked about the length of relationships, I thought we were talking more along the lines of two weeks and up. I usually consider one night stands to just be sexual encounters, particularly if no one involved has any intention of having an ongoing relationship, while to me, the term relationship indicates some desire for romantic connection beyond just sex. I guess that's kind of an arbitrary distinction within my own head, though. But that's why I was confused.
Since I didn't consider that you were considering one night stands to be relationships, I interpreted your next reply to be a comparison of casual sex to sexual assault in terms of not counting as sexual partners, which I found offensive, since conflating non-consensual encounters with consensual encounters is obviously problematic. I understand what you meant now, though, so we're good.
I was just surprised that you felt the need to point out the fact that women have sex outside of relationships as if that was news to me. Why think that? It was a little condescending.
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Lifetime? That would depend on how long each relationship lasted. Sadly, people don't expect them to last so that would drive the number up. As well as the fact that couples often delay marriage until later in life, if at all, and that would increase the number as well.
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Um, people have sex without having relationships, even women. SCANDALOUS
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Obviously women have sex outside relationships. But over a lifetime, the number of relationships is a good starting point. And sometimes women are raped. And sometimes they are groped on a crowded bus. Do we want to count those as sexual encounters as well? What about the ones who get really drunk, black out, and forget what thy did. Can't really count those.
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Excuse me, are you comparing casual sex to sexual assault and rape?
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No, I said sexual encounter. When trying to count sexual partners you need an indicator of what you mean by partner, I used relationship. But you dismissed that as if I didn't acknowlede one night stands. That is still a relationship, if even only a 30 min one. So I pointed out the trouble with vague terms. Sorry I wasn't more clear about it. Would you like to misunderstand me again?
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Oh, sorry, I understand now. When you talked about the length of relationships, I thought we were talking more along the lines of two weeks and up. I usually consider one night stands to just be sexual encounters, particularly if no one involved has any intention of having an ongoing relationship, while to me, the term relationship indicates some desire for romantic connection beyond just sex. I guess that's kind of an arbitrary distinction within my own head, though. But that's why I was confused.
Since I didn't consider that you were considering one night stands to be relationships, I interpreted your next reply to be a comparison of casual sex to sexual assault in terms of not counting as sexual partners, which I found offensive, since conflating non-consensual encounters with consensual encounters is obviously problematic. I understand what you meant now, though, so we're good.
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I was just surprised that you felt the need to point out the fact that women have sex outside of relationships as if that was news to me. Why think that? It was a little condescending.