New study reveals how many sexual partners Brits think is ‘too many' – so where does your number fall?

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BEDROOM NUMBERS New study reveals how many sexual partners Brits think is 'too many' – so where does your number fall?
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BONNIE Blue may have had sex with 1,000 men in one day - but you may not need as many partners as the controversial figure to raise eyebrows.
A new study asked Brits how many sexual partners they thought was a lot during a lifetime.
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A new YouGov study has asked Brits how many sexual partners they think is a lot
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The study was done by YouGov and asked participants to state what they consider to be 'small and large lifetime numbers of sexual partners.'
They posted the results on X, formerly Twitter, and found that the majority of people thought
20 or more sexual partners was a 'large' amount.
And to have had 15 or more sexual partners was seen as large by 41 per cent.
Meanwhile, the average Brit claims to have only had sex with four people in their lifetime.
If you'd had sex with zero to four or five people, this was seen as being a 'small' number by the majority of those polled.
And if you have six to 14 notches on your bed, this was seen as a neither 'small' nor 'large' number.
Speaking of the findings, researchers said: 'Whether Britons regard a number of sexual partners as large or small depends on how many people they themselves have slept with.
At an overall level, the attitudes of men and women are effectively the same across the range.
'However, the generations do take differing views, with young people being the quickest to start saying that a number of sexual partners is 'high'.
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'This is not necessarily surprising – the older someone is, the more chances to have sexual encounters they have had, and it is probably fair to assume that respondents are basing their answers on the tally of a person about the same age as them.'
For example, 44 per cent of people who had had one sexual partner, saw 10 or more partners as 'large.'
Conversely, just eight per cent of people who had slept with ten to 14 people saw 10 or more as 'large.'
The study found that young men and old women were notably more likely to think a given number was 'large'.
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Bonnie Blue famously had sex with 1,057 men in 12 hours
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BEDROOM HAPPINESS
We recently shared how regular sex is linked to a woman's happiness, according to a study.
Women who rated their relationship satisfaction highest had sex at least once a week, with 85 per cent of weekly lovers pleased with their lot.
That compared to 66 per cent satisfaction for wives and girlfriends who got it on once a month, and 17 per cent who did it less than that.
The study, led by the University of Manchester, questioned 483 women in New Zealand who had been in a relationship within the past year.
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The average Brit claims to have only had sex with four people in their lifetime
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Just over half — 56 per cent — said they were sexually satisfied.
Results showed that satisfaction was higher among women who had sex more often, had more orgasms, rated sex as an important aspect of their life and were younger.
The study authors said it is not clear whether more sex makes women happier, or happier women have more sex.
About six in ten Brits have sex less often than once a week, polling by YouGov shows.
Ten per cent say they get lucky weekly and about another 15 per cent claim to do it more often.
Writing in the International Journal of Sexual Health, the study authors said: 'Sexual intimacy plays an important role in romantic relationships.
'In our study, less frequent sex was associated with a lower likelihood of sexual relationship satisfaction.
'Women who reported having sex one to two times a month were approximately three times less likely to be satisfied than those having sex two or more times a week.
'This effect was even more pronounced for women who reported having sex less than once a month, who were 25 times less likely to be satisfied.
'Sex and relationship therapists working with women aiming to improve their sexual relationship satisfaction might achieve better outcomes by focusing on interventions that increase the frequency of sex or improve orgasm consistency.'
Women aged 18 to 24 were most likely to be sexually satisfied and over-45s least likely.