Why does it matter....really?
This thread is split, half agreeing that its should only matter in context and the other half saying its everything.
I think the people who care about the number are just worried about there egos. They want to be the first guy or at least the second,third, or fourth guy. They don't like women who have been with a lot of guys, because they want to think they are special and that this women has and only ever will let them **** them.
To the people who say they wouldn't go down on her are stupid. I mean sure if she was having sex with homeless guys it may be different, but if she doesn't have an STD, then what are you afraid of. I think its just that these guys are scared to have to live up the expectations this girl might have after having been with 20 guys.
If girls were like guys when picking a mating partner, than I would say the vast majority of us on this board, would be well, and I mean well over 100 girls by now. So the fact that girls could be well over a 100, and some are only at 20, actually shows they are not that bad. Whats funny is some of the same guys who complain that they would never be with a women who is been with 20+ guys at that age are some of the same ones who go looking looking for One-night-stands at bars. They must not realize that if you have a one-night-stand with a girl from a bar, there is extremely overwhelming chance she has been with 20+ guys if she is over age 21. Yet there ego makes them think they are the only ones attractive and suave enough to pull it off.
As long as a girl has no STD's, is faithful when in a relationship, and has sex for the enjoyment of it, and not just to get a rich guy to buy her things or something, then I could care less how many guys she has been with.