manliness question

[Husar]

Can anyone actually explain this? (Sorry to derail the thread, but the problem has been bothering me for some time.)
Sexual partners is the easiest way to do this but really it's a question of averages. How can women have a higher (or lower, I forget what the actual figure is) number of average sexual partners than men? Assuming the two populations are equal and same-sex intercourse isn't recorded, every instance of sexual intercourse would add to the average for both sexes, even if it is only a minority of women sleeping with most of the men? Does anyone understand the point I am (poorly) trying to make?

I think it's because the only way they use to find out is not spying in peoples' bedrooms but asking them, maybe women are more honest then, or they exaggerate more.

[Craterus]

So, theoretically the averages should be the same? I looked some figures up online (lost the link): in the UK, heterosexual men have an average of 16 female sexual partners while heterosexual women have an average of 15 male partners. So, the only causes for the disparity would be foreign partners (outside of the tested population) and dishonesty?