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The worst part about the whole “body count” thing is that it reduces people to numbers for ease of comparison. Comparing yourself to other people is always a bad idea and always leads to misery. The ease with which you think can determine something about someone else by comparing numbers is just a false balm you apply to yourself.
As everyone else has said, it means how many sexual partners have you had. To add to this, in almost all situations, that is not an appropriate question to ask someone. Usually "body count" is used as a reason to devalue women based solely on their dating history.
The reality is, body count matters to MOST people. It tends to matter a little more to men than to women, but it matters to most. High body counts are generally indicative of underlying mental health issues so despite what pop culture wants you to believe, there are legitimate reasons for caring.
For either a man or woman, I'd say that a "high" body count is: 10+ by age 21 20+ by 28ish 30+ by 40 FWIW I'm a guy and I don't think a "high" body count is bad for a woman (double the "high" number would be iffy for a relationship). It's not necessarily impressive for a man either because quality matters.
Somebody can tell you that their body count is 7. A body count of 7 that was attained over 7 years, dating and sexing 1 person per year. Now picture instead, that the person says they had sex with 7 people over the span of 2 days, while committing adultery or some other poor choice. In both these instances, the body count is 7, but the latter ...
In my last relationship, one of the first arguments I had with my ex was about my body count. He said it was a question he said he would never ask because the number wouldn’t matter to him, and this was a topic that we had prior to getting serious, but he did share his body count (I didn’t ask, he brought it up on his own).
His body count is 35 now (he is straight) and mine is 104- 101 men, 3 females. We do a lot of playing with single males/multiple single males at one time because my husband and I don't have a lot of time for the song and dance and time wasting that seems to always go on with couples (32 different couples) and find it's usually less drama to ...
My body count is only one and I am absolutely proud of it because I believe that one is the person who I will spend the rest of my life with. Reply reply benitomusswolini
Outside of teens or early 20s, do people genuinely ask about body counts when they are in a secure relationship? To me asking for a “Body count” is an inadvertent way of shaming/outing SA survivors, especially women survivors. I find that people who are obsessed with their partner’s body count are insecure in themselves.
Lastly, I just want to note that it is also completely fine not to care about someone’s body count. Many men shame other men for dating girls with high body counts, and I don’t agree with that at all. So, I guess my question is: is disliking or ruling out people as romantic partners based on their body count inherently misogynistic or insecure?