Die globale Studie ergab, dass die Bereitschaft, jemanden als langfristiger Partner zu betrachten, stark zurückging, als die Partnerzahlen der Vergangenheit zunahmen. Der Effekt war zwischen 4 und 12 am stärksten. Es gab keine Hinweise auf eine sexuelle Doppelmoral. Die Menschen akzeptierten, wenn neue sexuelle Begegnungen im Laufe der Zeit abnahmen.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-12607-1

From the linked article:

How many partners you’ve had matters – but so does when you had them. A global study reveals people judge long-term partners more kindly if their sexual pace has slowed, challenging the idea of a universal sexual double standard.

**Across all countries, the researchers found that willingness to consider someone as a long-term partner dropped sharply as past partner numbers increased. The effect was strongest between four and 12 partners** (there was a large drop), and smaller but still significant when partner numbers jumped from 12 to 36. Interestingly, there were minimal and inconsistent sex differences, and no clear evidence of a sexual double standard.

Looking at the distribution of sexual partners, **people were more accepting if new sexual encounters decreased over time**, and least accepting if they increased over time. The distribution effect was stronger when the total number of partners was high.

When I was young I would lie to increase my number because I was ashamed of being inexperienced. Men seemed to get spooked if you were inexperienced so I always exaggerated. I ended up just meeting my forever boyfriend without even actually getting all the experience I had been bragging about but I guess it worked out, we’ve been together 10 years.

Another feminist myth bites the dust.