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Could you explain the leap from hypergamy to a female dominated society? If women seek out socially "superior" men, one would think that men would hold much of
by debacle 9y ago
Could you explain the leap from hypergamy to a female dominated society? If women seek out socially "superior" men, one would think that men would hold much of the power in society.
Divorce and child custody laws aren't preferential by intent. They're simply archaic and/or very sticky. While I'm very much in favor of men's domestic rights, there are a lot of minefields when it comes to these issues which is I believe why a lot of the inequalities haven't been remedied.
Slut shaming is a bad thing for men. Men, especially men of lower social status (or "attractiveness"), benefit from a glut of promiscuous women. Also, prostitution is a market like any other. It's not women's fault that there is a high demand.
It's easy to get angry about things like this, and while you should strive for positive change (e.g. healthier self-image for women, regardless of sexual appetite), you should also act based on the reality of today where necessary.
- guskel 9y ago>Men, especially men of lower social status (or "attractiveness"), benefit from a glut of promiscuous women. They don't because promiscuous women will continue to choose high status partners. More sex doesn't mean more sex for low status men.
- emodendroket 9y agoI think if you close your eyes and think about it you can recall lots of counterexamples.
- zimablue 9y agoI don't subscribe to the philosophy that I think underlies this article but I can see that from their perspective slut shaming has advantages. If you assume that society accepting more sex leads mostly to more sex and sexual partners for the 20%, and not the 80%, and a delay to "settling", then tolerance of lots of sex outside of marriage, from the perspective of the 80% means that instead of the twenty year old settling with you at twenty, you're in a sexual desert until at 40 she couldn't snag any of the presumably many members of the 20% who she slept with whilst auditioning and then settles with you.