So how many women have you slept with?

There you are out on a date with your new flame, and in the middle of the conversation he or she asks you, so how many persons have you slept with?

Back in the old days, women, when they got involved in a relationship, loved to pretend that they had never slept with anyone except their present partner. The men on the other hand usually engaged in "chest beating" and would proudly proclaim the large number of notches that existed along the length of their "Gun belt". However they had now reached a stage in life, where as men, they felt rather fulfilled by having sex with just one woman.

In a recent research, Norman Brown of the University of Alberta concluded that men reported two to four times as many lifetime opposite sex sexual partners as woman. I think poor Norman was duped.

Allow me to introduce the "The Factor of Two" . This theory, which I would love to claim, but came along and found, states this: Whenever a man gives you a figure of the number of women that he has slept with you should divide it by 2, for e.g He says he slept with 10 women, more than likely he slept with 5. This adjustment reflect the tendency of most men to over exaggerate their sexual expeditions so as to impress the "Boys" about their accomplishments, as well as to claim the much sought after image of a "Ladies Man"

Women on the other hand try to be as conservative as possible, a reflection of societal expectations that are seen as desirable for woman, but not for men. Hence when a lady is asked "so how many guys have you slept with, chances are that you should multiply that figure by 2. for e.g if she says 5, then more than likely she slept with 10.

So when you are asked the how many question, be aware of the "Factor of two " theory before you answer.