Man is genetically polygamous

Every man knows men are promiscuous by nature. It is part of the genetic strategy that evolved to help men spread their genes far and wide. The strategy is different for a woman, who has to go through so much just to have a baby and then nurture it. She is genetically programmed to want just one man who will stick with her and help raise their children.

Surveys bear this out. In study after study and in the country after country, men reprted more, often many more, sexual partners than women.

One survey, recently reported by the federal government concluded that men had a median of seven female sex-partners. Another study, by British Researchers, stated that men had 12.7 heterosexual partners in their lifetimes and women had 6.5.(The Myth, The Math, The Sex, by Gina Kolata, New York Times, Week in Review, Sunday, August 12, 2007, p1)