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Brits on top in casual sex league as survey reveals we are among the most promiscuous in the world
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 12:33 PM on 30th November 2008
British men and women are among the most promiscuous in the world, researchers have found.
In an international index measuring one-night stands, total numbers of partners and attitudes to casual sex, Britain comes out ahead of America, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany.
The result has been linked to the decline of religious scruples, the growth of equal rights for women and a highly sexualised popular culture.

According to a survey, British men and women are among the most promiscuous in the world
Some 14,000 people in 48 countries filled in questionnaires about casual sex and how many people they expected to sleep with in the next five years.
The results were turned into an index of 'sociosexuality' - a measure of how sexually liberal people are in thought and behaviour. Britain scored 40, placing it 11th overall, behind countries such as Latvia, Croatia and Slovenia - but it was highest among the major western industrial nations.
The researchers say high scores such as Britain€™s may be linked to the way society is increasingly willing to accept sexual promiscuity among women as well as men.
They also believe that, among certain age groups and at certain times, men and women are equally liberal, adding that cultural developments have meant women are now as able to engage in no-strings sex as men. 'Historically we have repressed women€™s short-term mating and there are all sorts of double standards out there where men€™s short-term mating was sort of acceptable but women€™s wasn€™t,' said David Schmitt, a professor of psychology at Bradley University, Illinois, who oversaw the research. The country with the highest rating was Finland, with an average of 51. Taiwan came lowest, with 19.
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Last updated at 12:33 PM on 30th November 2008
British men and women are among the most promiscuous in the world, researchers have found.
In an international index measuring one-night stands, total numbers of partners and attitudes to casual sex, Britain comes out ahead of America, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany.
The result has been linked to the decline of religious scruples, the growth of equal rights for women and a highly sexualised popular culture.

According to a survey, British men and women are among the most promiscuous in the world
Some 14,000 people in 48 countries filled in questionnaires about casual sex and how many people they expected to sleep with in the next five years.
The results were turned into an index of 'sociosexuality' - a measure of how sexually liberal people are in thought and behaviour. Britain scored 40, placing it 11th overall, behind countries such as Latvia, Croatia and Slovenia - but it was highest among the major western industrial nations.
The researchers say high scores such as Britain€™s may be linked to the way society is increasingly willing to accept sexual promiscuity among women as well as men.
They also believe that, among certain age groups and at certain times, men and women are equally liberal, adding that cultural developments have meant women are now as able to engage in no-strings sex as men. 'Historically we have repressed women€™s short-term mating and there are all sorts of double standards out there where men€™s short-term mating was sort of acceptable but women€™s wasn€™t,' said David Schmitt, a professor of psychology at Bradley University, Illinois, who oversaw the research. The country with the highest rating was Finland, with an average of 51. Taiwan came lowest, with 19.
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