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<\/center><\/p>\nI am a shamefully obsessive fan of the PBS show Downton Abbey<\/i>. It’s like a soap opera, except British, so it seems less trashy to watch it at 2 in the afternoon on a Saturday, I guess. In three seasons on the show, which is set in the English countryside in the 1920s, I don’t think I’ve heard a character utter the word “sex” once. It’s been implied, with an embarrassed air, but never has a character actually said, “let’s have sex,” or “we had sex.” When one member of the show’s family has premarital “relations,” they become a pariah to all who know about it. It’s weird, but hey – it’s 1920. <\/p>\n
So it’s funny to read that some of these taboos still exist, even in college students today. According to a study out of Ohio State University, students who are questioned about their sex lives are likely to lie unless hooked up to a lie detector test, but of course males and females lie in different ways:<\/p>\n
Women not linked up to the lie detector reported having had fewer sexual partners, being older when they lost their virginity and having had fewer one-night stands. Men reported the opposite: Those not linked up to the lie detector reported having had more sexual partners, being younger when they lost their virginity and having had more one-night stands. According to the researchers, these results show that people are likely to lie about their sexual history to make their experiences line up with gender stereotypes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n