It's no surprise that prospective partners judge us for how many people we've had sex with — but new research suggests that there are key factors that may impact just how judgmental they may be.

Published in the journal Sciences Advances, a new paper out of Wales' Swansea University found that although many folks are still reticent to commit to those who have high "body counts" — popular slang for a person's number of previous sexual partners — many are willing to look past it if those numbers dwindled over time, suggesting they grew out of an interest in casual sex.

In a wide-reaching survey of more than 5,300 people across 11 countries and five continents, the Welsh psychological researchers examined a diverse swathe of the global population's outlook on potential partners based on the

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