Women, Alcohol, and Sex  A new survey makes some controversial
claims—but the truth might surprise you  Getty Images  Last
week, the blogosphere was abuzz about titillating new findings
on women, drinking, and sex. The results of a new survey,
released by a British feminine-hygiene company, were juicy:
British women have, on average, eight sexual partners. With five
of them, they were drunk when they did the deed. They couldn't
even remember the names of two of the guys the next morning.
Five out of 10 preferred drunken sex to sober sex.  Interesting
findings indeed, even though some fall clearly in "tell me
something I don't know" territory. First, eight isn't a shocking
number. (For the record, nine is the average number of sexual
partners for an American woman today. If it's news you want,
look to New Zealand, where it's 20.) I venture to guess that
there are a couple of guys each of us might like to erase from
memory. And does it really come as a big surprise that we're
more likely to let our hair down an