A new study from Swansea University—published in Science Advances—surveyed over 5,300 people across 11 countries to figure out how much our sexual histories factor into our datability.

The takeaway is surprisingly nuanced, or at least it feels that way, considering the bar for the quality of conversations surrounding a person’s number of sexual partners is usually relatively low.

The team found that it’s not just how many people you’ve slept with that people are judging, it’s when and how fast you were doing it.

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Researchers used visual timelines to show hypothetical sexual histories wi

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