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This is an interesting theory imo. In surveys where they ask men and women how many sexual partners they had, most of the time they don't include prostitutes. Prostitutes surely have an insane amount of male sexual partners. Men probably count prostitutes as female sexual partners.
Men and women report a discrepancy in the number of sexual partners they had. This discrepancy disappears when the surveys include prostitute women:
"We find that prostitute women are underrepresented in the national surveys. Once their undersampling and very high numbers of sexual partners are factored in, the discrepancy disappears." (Source)
The data from this source says:
- Prostitutes have an average of about 700-800 sexual partners per year and they have a career length (jfl) of about five years in which they work for 2.5 years, racking up about 2100 sexual partners in that time.
- The percentage of women who work as prostitutes is given as 0,02%. This number seems very low. If we acknowledge that many former prostitutes are retired, some will start to work later and the fact that many work very discrete and some offer "semi-prostitute" arrangements, the total number of women of a given generation who will have worked as prostitutes might be somehow between 0,1% and 0,5%.
- Let's do the math: Imagine 0,2% of women were prostitutes and had 2100 sexual partners. If prostitutes would NOT be counted, the average number of male sexual partners would be 4,2 lower than it actually is. A discrepancy of 4 in the number of male and female sexual partners could be easily explained by not counting prostitutes.
The discrepancy in male and sexual partners is in about that range. The more women work as prostitutes, the higher the discrepancy could be. Men report usually 10-15 sexual partners on average, women report 5-10. An example would be women reporting 6 sexual partners and men reporting 11 sexual partners. The discrepancy of 5 could be explained by not counting prostitutes.
The 0,2/50 rule might be true.
Men and women report a discrepancy in the number of sexual partners they had. This discrepancy disappears when the surveys include prostitute women:
"We find that prostitute women are underrepresented in the national surveys. Once their undersampling and very high numbers of sexual partners are factored in, the discrepancy disappears." (Source)
The data from this source says:
- Prostitutes have an average of about 700-800 sexual partners per year and they have a career length (jfl) of about five years in which they work for 2.5 years, racking up about 2100 sexual partners in that time.
- The percentage of women who work as prostitutes is given as 0,02%. This number seems very low. If we acknowledge that many former prostitutes are retired, some will start to work later and the fact that many work very discrete and some offer "semi-prostitute" arrangements, the total number of women of a given generation who will have worked as prostitutes might be somehow between 0,1% and 0,5%.
- Let's do the math: Imagine 0,2% of women were prostitutes and had 2100 sexual partners. If prostitutes would NOT be counted, the average number of male sexual partners would be 4,2 lower than it actually is. A discrepancy of 4 in the number of male and female sexual partners could be easily explained by not counting prostitutes.
The discrepancy in male and sexual partners is in about that range. The more women work as prostitutes, the higher the discrepancy could be. Men report usually 10-15 sexual partners on average, women report 5-10. An example would be women reporting 6 sexual partners and men reporting 11 sexual partners. The discrepancy of 5 could be explained by not counting prostitutes.
The 0,2/50 rule might be true.
