the rate of sexual partners, and the habit of having sex first and relationship later, is well established among the Yuppie set: urban professionals. It’s tedious to recount, but the national average for all women (this includes women in their 70’s-80’s) is four, for men it is IIRC nine. Yet among young urban professionals 24-34 it is not unusual for a woman to have 3-4 partners a year. Year after year. Women just have a lot more sex in urban professional environments. They can critically, “AFFORD” it like other luxuries, and do indeed engage far more in it than in times past. Just the way female consumer spending on all sorts of things is far greater than times past. One often-noted aspect: Women form the majority of new car buyers. This is why you see ads tailored to them now. Women in their thirties, professionals, routinely report in the Yuppie Central newspaper, the NYT, that they rack up 40-60 partners. One quote “I stopped counting after forty” says it all. Duh. Women enjoy sex....