Now, you may be shocked to hear this … but I have a surprisingly low body count. Yes, despite all my dating adventures, I’ve managed to keep the number of men I’ve slept with quite low. I know. Wild.

Do you care about how many people your partner slept with before you met? Would you ask them their ‘body count’? Would you tell them yours? Or is the whole ‘body count’ debate archaic, misogynistic, ...

Life is weird. When I was a kid, rap giant Ice-T's metal band Body Count caused a national moral outrage with their song "Cop Killer." Police unions were boycotting a major record label, and Ice was ...

I remember vividly the first time I lied about my “body count.” I was 22 and having a late-night conversation with some new friends about the number of people we had slept with. I had largely missed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. The topic of sexual partners is something that sparks extremely ...

Does body count really count? Some people believe it’s a big deal, while others think it’s just a number that shouldn’t matter. In Nigeria, where cultural and religious values play a big role in ...