Number of Sexual Partners

What's the normal amount of sexual partners for a man and a woman to have in a lifetime? Well, that depends on who you ask. I always found it interesting how greatly people's opinions vary on this. I suppose for health reasons it's kind of important to know where your partner has been and how many people he/she has hooked up with. But other than for health reasons, does it really matter? Women for instance tend to lowball their number because society has led them to believe they can't enjoy sex like a man does. The standard law of calculation is to take the number a woman tells you and double it. Men, on the other hand, tend to inflate that number to to impress their friends when asked. The standard calculation for a man is to take the number your buddy tells you and cut it in half, then add two, or something like that. When a girl asks a guy how many women he's been with the answer depends on how much the guy likes the girl, it's rarely an accurate number. If the girl seems like a good girl and relationship material, we definitely knock off the numbers we accumulated in the late 90's to seem not so nympho like. If the girl is a "just for fun" kind of girl we tell the truth or maybe add 10-15% to show how bad we are and see how quick we can add to the list. I think we all want someone with experience, but not a veteran, haha. I know I like someone who knows the territory, maybe not someone with the exploring credentials of say, Ponce De Leon or Magellan....but someone who can find their way around with little direction.