I don't think there's a magic number at all. Obviously it matters whether that person has an STD, or maybe it doesn't, depending on who you are. Another thing to consider, though it would be hard to measure, is if any amount of sexual partners are an indication of behavior that would lead to infidelity or a speedy end to the relationship. Hard to tell really. It's entirely up to you in the end and what you're comfortable with. I wouldn't write someone off based on a number alone though.
I'm 23 and have been with 12 women. My brother tells me I am...... on course...... that's 2 a year since the first time I did the no pants dance. I consider myself conservative sexually. Thus, a 20 year old woman with 37 partners, to me, is nasty. Definitely probably has 3-4 STD's if not, she's a whore still.
That might have just been one or two nights. There are two types of women, one that lets you give it to her up the dirt road on your birthday and says, that wasn't too bad, and one that thinks if one feels good, two would feel better. Depends on what kind of fun you want. I was going to take a girl out one weekend and she called me before. Turns out she came down with something and wanted me to drive her to the doctor since she didn't want to ask her parents to do it, so I asked her how many guys she had to tell, she said 4 besides her boyfriend. Dodged the bullet on that one. It is better to be safe than reckless, though it is not as much fun.
Just sayin' The more partners you have, the greater chance you have of contracting an STD Take a chance, if you want . . . . . . .
There are only so many cars that can be parked in a garage before that garage loses its appeal regardless of how nice its accommodations are.
And by the same token, there are only so many garages a car can park in before it starts getting door dents, scratches, etc...
If that was the truth, no one would get to a massive numbers of partners. It all depends. Some women who have only had a few men in their life don't like sex in general. I can't think of a sadder boat to be in. It all depends on if someone cheats. People can have a lot of partners but not cheat. And people can have a lot of partners and be incapable of loyalty in a relationship. A woman who enjoys sex but values monogamy is a dream come true for most men. Guess it all depends on what they both are into.
It doesn't actually work that way. Scientifically, men with more suitors/partners are actually perceived as being of higher mating value. It's called pre-selection, and as much as women like to deny it for ego reasons, they respond to it. Because it's evolutionarily hardwired into their brains. The guy with many women subconsciously registers as the top dog alpha male. His seed is perceived as the strongest and the most likely to produce healthy offspring which is why everyone wants it. And the more coveted he is, the more coveted he will become. This is why 20% of the males in most species (including humans) account for 80% of the mating while the remainder end up with little to none. It's good to be a guy.
I don't think that's really true of humans since marriage became the norm, rather than the aberration for human societies. It seems like I had read some time ago that DNA analysis showed that for most of our history we were descended from about 70% of the female population for each generation, but only 20% of the male. But of course since the invention of agriculture we've been living less like a tribe of gorillas so it hasn't been true in many thousands of years.