Is there a double standard to how men and women are viewed when it comes to how many partners they’ve had?

It seems like a lot of people think a woman who has had a lot of partners is viewed as a slut who has reduced her worth as a potential partner or spouse. But men who have had lots of partners are viewed as stallions, or more experienced, and are more desirable partners because of their experience. Or that men who have not had many partners must have something wrong with them, because they would obviously of had more partners if they could, and there must be a reason why women aren’t sleeping with him.

Do a lot of people think this way?

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  • Yes I do think yeah a girl has had sex with many guys they are consider sluts and guys would be consider a stallions or very experienced if they had sex with many women. In my opinion the guy should be called a man whore or slut if he has sex with many different women all the time

  • Double Standard like how, I double check my homework. ?

    • All of this comes from insecurity truly. You dont want to be compared and be the lesser of the two comparision. (I dont blame you for having this issue.)

  • YES PEOPLE DO THINK THIS WAY.. IS BECAUSE OF EVOLUTION. MEN HAVE EVOLVED TO WANT TO "SPREAD OUR SEED", (I. E. HAVE SEX WITH AS MANY WOMEN AS POSSIBLE). WOMEN HAVE EVOLVED TO LOOK FOR A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNER. YOU WOMEN HAVE TO BEAR THE CHILDREN AND AS SUCH HAVE EVOLVED TO LOOK FOR A MAN THAT CAN (AND WILL) TAKE CARE OF THEM WHILE THEY RAISE THE KIDS. YOU SEE, WE STILL HAVE THESE HUNTER/GATHERER BRAINS THAT HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP WITH THE TIMES. IN HISTORY WOMEN HAS TO HAVE A MAN TAKE CARE OF THEM WHILE THEY WERE PREGNANT AND RAISING THEIR KIDS.(A PREGNANT GIRL COULDN'T REALLY HUNT FOR ANIMAL MEAT) AND MEN WOULDN'T NECESSARILY RAISE OFFSPRING THAT WEREN'T THEIRS.. SO... WOMEN LOOK FOR OLDER MEN (EXPERIENCE MEANS HE'S MORE LIKELY TO STICK AROUND), MEN ARE MORE ESTABLISHED, AND BETTER PREPARED TO TAKE CARE OF OTHERS. WHERE AS MEN PREFER YOUTH, WOMEN CAN'T BEAR CHILDREN AS LATE IN LIFE AS MEN. AND WHEN THEY DO HAVE KIDS LATE IN LIFE, THERE'S MUCH MORE OF A CHANCE SOMETHING WILL GO WRONG.

  • Yes, there is a double standard and with good reason.

  • First off, let me begin by saying I LOVE promiscuous and experienced women. They know exactly what to do to make you saticefied. Now that that's said, on to the matter.

    With a growing number of exceptions you're right. There is a double standard but it has it's explanation. Even after feminism changed society and a lot of rules of conduct between men and women some things remain the same. Men take initiative, men put in the effort to make a relationship happen and has to convince her he's the one by courtship, gifts etc etc. Most women feel they meet the necessary requirements by being hot and putting out and even then only when it suits them. As long as men are the ones to put in the greater effort to make things happen they're also the ones who decide who to put in that effort for.

    Now imagine if the roles were switched. Women took initiative, they payed for dates, went out of their way to convince men that they were the woman of his life then ofcourse she could decide for herself what man to put in that effort for and then men would have incentive to stand out by advertising their purity. Until that happens though I guess we can all just keep arguing about what's double standards and fair.

    • I like the last paragraph , your initial thought is " yeah great " , but if it really was like that , you would have to be very conscious of what you did or you'd immediately devalue yourself and cop a great big SLUT tag , and that , no matter of what any of us may think , would completely change the ball game.

  • Yes. Girls are viewed as sluts and guys are viewed as studs. It’s unfair for sure.

  • It depends because most of the time, it's the man being the one who provide so if the woman has more men, the more provider she gets but if it's the man has many women, he has to provide for many. So yes that's the difference.

    But in the end, both genders have their own labels for having multiple partners.

  • Men that sleep around are the biggest whores ever. When you start studying people's behavior and body languages it's easy to spot them.

  • In general, the slut shaming is definitely against females. there's not even a word for it for males. Lol

    • Manwhore and fuckboy

    • @wolfcat87 you had those ready. And it breaks my heart…

  • Things that are easy to come by is not respected. Things that are hard to get or come by are more respected. So no its not a double standard , but a different standard all together.
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  • How do you not know this? Do u interact with people or do you just stay couped up in a house?

    • In my experience a lot of people have this ideology, Im asking to see if this is what others have experienced.

    • Yeah it's definitely a double standard and been one for decades

  • Yes but it's not important

  • Yeah but that's because all a woman has to do is say yes to a guy and any average man has to put in way more effort to get laid

  • I prefer experienced women.

  • Mathematically speaking, assuming a heterosexual population where every sexual interaction involves one male and one female, the average number of lifetime sexual partners for males and females must be the same.

    Yet, many surveys and studies have found that men often report a higher number of sexual partners than women. This discrepancy, despite the mathematical expectation, can indeed be attributed to social and cultural factors, rather than actual behavioral differences.

    But don’t be fooled, bodycounts statistically has to be the same.

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  • Most women also don't wanna date men with less to none body count

  • Yes of course. There’s a lot of double standards in life. If people were asked who would you rather take your kids to as far as daycare? An all male staff or an all female staff what do you think they’d say? Most people would say female because supposedly women are more nurturing. Even though it’s been proven that women are more likely to hurt children. Why do women who sleep w minors usually get less of a prison sentence compared to men? Double standards. Why don’t women have to register for selective services? Double standards. There’s a lot of them in life.

  • I love them both! Slutty ones are fun to hook up with and you date the less slutty ones.

  • Well, maybe all women will get fed up and become lesbians and men will be left to slut shame each other.

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