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One can thus model the sexual market as one in which men can sell the resources and women can sell exclusive access to sex.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref><ref>https://d-nb.info/997448148/34</ref> | One can thus model the sexual market as one in which men can sell the resources and women can sell exclusive access to sex.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref><ref>https://d-nb.info/997448148/34</ref> | ||
This means, welfare and affirmative action for women, as well as decreasing economic growth and increasing economic inequality, tend to reduce the [[sexual market value]] of lots of men because provision of resources are men's main goods. | This means, welfare and affirmative action for women, as well as decreasing economic growth and increasing economic inequality, tend to reduce the [[sexual market value]] of lots of men because provision of resources are men's main goods. | ||
Women's sexual market value is, on the other hand, rather determined by their looks and their reputation of chastity and faithfulness.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.03.011</ref> | Women's sexual market value is, on the other hand, rather determined by their looks and their reputation of chastity and faithfulness (things that men desire).<ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2018.03.011</ref> | ||
The economic dynamics in such kind of sexual market are believed to also give rise hypergamy,<ref>https://d-nb.info/997448148/34</ref> | The economic dynamics in such kind of sexual market are believed to also give rise hypergamy,<ref>https://d-nb.info/997448148/34</ref> | ||
and they also motivate different kinds of intrasexual competition for each sex and are thought to have fundamentally shaped psychological sex differences.<ref>http://doi.org/10.1002/9781119125563.evpsych113</ref> | and they also motivate different kinds of intrasexual competition for each sex and are thought to have fundamentally shaped psychological sex differences.<ref>http://doi.org/10.1002/9781119125563.evpsych113</ref> |