Women and men lie about their former

Women and men are almost equally likely to lie about the number of his former lovers, but in different ways. Women tend to play down the number, and the men, in contrast, tend to exaggerate.

Women lie

British sociologists surveyed 12,700 students of 36 universities of both sexes and found that men and women are equally inclined to telling the truth when it numbers former lovers . Of course, there are times when society condemns women who have lost their virginity before the marriage irretrievably gone. Change of psychology has contributed a lot of popular culture, including such series as "Sex and the City."

Women lie

Still, women are still not completely loosen to tell the truth about his personal life. The survey showed that the fair sex prefer to lie about the number of lovers that they were in the past. So does 25% of respondents. Moreover, 20% of them reduce the number of former lovers To look more decent and loyal, and 5%, on the contrary, increase it.

In men, the situation is roughly similar - the number of ex-lovers lie 22% of boys. But 12% of this number overstates and understates only 10%. At the same time, if we take the real numbers, then the male students had an average of 10 lovers in the past, and students - 7, 7. Also, the survey showed that as many as 17% of those surveyed record their love joy on video, and 11% believe themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual.

However, about his personal life lie not only students. MyCelebrityFashion.co.uk site conducted a survey showed that the lie about the number of ex-lovers - the most common trick used by women at the beginning of a new relationship. More than 52% of respondents admitted that they underestimated the number to look in the eyes of men more decently. (READ MORE)

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