By Atlas Al

Alex, one of my friends in Oslo, commented on my November 5, 2009 post Mathematical Flagging. In it, I stated, “In theory, it’s easier to get the flag from a sovereign state with more citizens than from a sovereign state with fewer citizens.”

“No way!” he said. ”Just because there are more Chinese, Indonesians, and Pakistanis doesn’t mean it’s easier to hook up with one of them.”  I agree: the numbers are deceiving.

According to the November 30, 2008 article in the timesonline.co.uk, Britain on top in casual sex league, the United Kingdom is the most promiscuous country in the world. Journalist, Roger Waite, found that, “Britain’s ranking was ascribed to factors such as the decline of religious scruples about extramarital sex, the growth of equal pay and equal rights for women and a highly sexualized popular culture.” To me, that doesn’t sound like a British phenomenon; sounds more like a Western society phenomenon, and I’m all for it.

My Foreigner-in-a-foreign-land theory roughly states that it’s easier to hook up with a foreigner who’s traveling like you because you’re both “foreigners in a foreign land”—i.e. have something in common from the locals. Depending on which country you’re in, my “foreigner” theory sometimes doesn’t work: 1) your level of exoticness (e.g. an Andorran in the United States), and 2) the country’s level of promiscuity that you’re in. If, for example, you’re in China, chances are you’ll hook up with another foreigner at an expat bar or hostel because the Chinese aren’t too well known as being promiscuous. If you’re in the United Kingdom, the most promiscuous country on Earth says Dr. David Schmitt and his team who conducted the study, you’ll have an equal or better shot at hooking up with a local than only relying on talent from your hostel or foreigner hangouts.

Top 15 promiscuous countries of the world:

1. United Kingdom
2. Germany
3. Netherlands
4. Czech Republic
5. Australia
6. USA
7. France
8. Turkey
9. Mexico
10. Canada
11. Italy
12. Poland
13. Spain
14. Greece
15. Portugal

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