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Why men and women lie about sex, and how this complicates STD control

  • Written by Shervin Assari, Research Investigator of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Michigan
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When it comes to reporting the number of sex partners or how often they have sexual intercourse, men and women both lie. While men tend to overreport it, women have a tendency to underreport it. Although the story is not that simple and clear-cut, I have discovered some interesting reasons why this is the case – and...

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