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mrclownworld | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 The statistics say that the more sexual partners a man has before marriage the more likely his marriage will succeed. 

The opposite is true for women - the more partners they have before marriage, the more likely their marriage is to fail. 

It’s not sexism, it’s human nature. 🤷‍♂️
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Lady Fawkes | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Read The Red Queen. Awesome book that details the programming that is hard wired into human reproduction. It goes into that very subject and explains the data you just cited. Your analysis is basically correct, but there is some nuance in why.
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Jac | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Sperm are cheap, eggs are expensive. Always has been, might always be if we don’t go “Brave New World” on it all. Unfortunately those who probably shouldn’t reproduce have numbers of children and those who probably should multiply their genes don’t, but who am I to say?
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Andy | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Source pls
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mrclownworld | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Definitely heard Pearl say it, so it could be bullshit