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'I've had seven lovers in my life, three of which were one-night stands'


What was the cut-off point for being a slut back in the early 80s?

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six is stil the average for UK women. seven in your early 20s in central london in the 1980s was probably about average i'd have thought. for men it's nine these days oddly enough.

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i don't understand how the averages can be different.

who are these men having sex with?

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Think about it. How many options are there?

Oh, my God! They're turkeys!

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spell it out for me. I want everyone else to listen to the answer!

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It's been 10 years, so I assume you've learned some arithmetic in the meantime and no longer need the answer spelled out for you? :)

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i don't understand how the averages can be different.

It depends on which definition of "average" you're using at the moment: mean, median, or mode.

Assuming that we're talking only about heterosexual partners and about a closed system, the mean should be the same for men and women. However, the median and mode really don't necessarily have to be even close to the same. Even the means can differ, though, if one gender is more likely than the other to have sex with visiting foreigners or with non-Brits while traveling outside the country (the "averages" were stated to be UK specific, not worldwide).

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Is she supposed to be 5-10yrs older than David? David's supposed to be a teenager right? Just graduated from highschool so 18? So she's about 23-28?

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You're probably one of those bitter guys who never gets any so you throw around the word sl*t all the time.

Really obnoxious post. Sh*tty, sexist language.

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If a man had spouted those stats...would that have made him a 'slut'?

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is God.

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Hey! Lay off! The double standard is one of the few things we men still have going for us.


Werewolves Ate My Platoon!

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Very true.

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7 lovers aint slutty. Unless she had em all in a short space of time hahahaha.

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You're a funny one, Joan.

"Beauty is the means which we use to measure our own vanity."



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Thanks petal.

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"Beauty is the means which we use to measure our own vanity."



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The actress was about 28 at the time of shooting, so use that for the age of the character. 7 lovers doesn't seem excessive, but 3 of them being one night stands....I don't know. But, compared to the women we see on the Maury Povich show, she's practically a nun.




"My girlfriend sucked 37 d*cks!"
"In a row?"

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Landis did a great job on the script, but I always thought that line was akward.

"While you were still learning how to spell your name, I was being trained to conquer galaxies!"

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It was an awkward line.....she's giving him he green light. Stuff like that can get awkward.

Ebert said he didn't buy their relationship.......what's to buy? They're both young and good-looking.

I had no problem with it.

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I have no idea,just wish I was one of her seven,god she was sexy in this movie mmm mmmm!

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A British Slut In London!

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That means she had 4 relatively serious boyfriends and slept with all them and had slept with 3 random guys once each. That's not abnormal, she was in her 20s and quite hot. Doesn't she say 'what I'd consider one night stands'? And also 7 'lovers'. She didn't necessarily sleep with all 7

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With a screen name like 'LOGAN5' you must know the movie where she REALLY looks hot...

Great film too; I wish they hadn't pooched the Blu-ray

(of course if you REALLY wanna be very naughty, we COULD go back to 'THE LONG WALK') [but you didn't hear it from me... ]



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