Esquire and Marie Claire magazine recently hooked up to conduct a poll which gives insight into the sexual habits and beliefs of Americans. Here are some of the interesting highlights of the poll:

On average, men have sex 2.6 times per week, and women have sex 2.3 times per week. Single men in monogamous relationships have significantly more sex than married men, 4.5 times versus 2.7 times per week. Another interesting thing is that a man’s financial status is also correlated with the frequency he has sex, the more money men make, the more sex they have.

The average number of daters before having sex is 5 for women, and 3 for men. Men have had an average of 14 partners in their lifetime, and women have an average of 11. About 40% of men and women have had fewer than 5 partners in their lifetime; 10% of men and 5% of women have had 50 or more partners.

Men, surprisingly, have gone, on average, longer without having sex. The average longest period that men have gone without sex is 19 months, and for women its about 16 months. 35% of both men and women have gone without sex for more than 1 year, and 13% of men and 7% of women have gone without it for 5 years or more.

Men masturbate on average 4.9 times per week, while women admit to just 2.8 times per week. 15% of men have paid for sex, another 10% said they would try it, and just 1% of women say they have paid for sex.

If given the choice between sacrificing sleep or sex, 61% of women say they’d rather lose sex, and 65% of men would rather give up sleep.

Interested in reading more? Check out the full poll results at Esquire.com.

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