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This is due to the fact that men desire sex more than women, giving women a power advantage, part of what is broadly referred to as the, "principle of least interest". Sex then becomes a, "'''female''' resource for social exchange", in which a, "broad range of valued goods", are competed for by men in order to, ''purchase'' sex from women with this broad array of (often non-monetary) resources.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> Females compete with each other to, "sell high", in the form of withholding sex,<ref>Baumeister & Twenge, 2002</ref> slut-shaming, and gossip, whereas male sexual competition takes the form of amassing the "broad range of valued goods". This male bribery and female [[pussy cartel|cartel behaviour]] creates a situation where women ''marry into'' higher degrees of resources.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> | This is due to the fact that men desire sex more than women, giving women a power advantage, part of what is broadly referred to as the, "principle of least interest". Sex then becomes a, "'''female''' resource for social exchange", in which a, "broad range of valued goods", are competed for by men in order to, ''purchase'' sex from women with this broad array of (often non-monetary) resources.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> Females compete with each other to, "sell high", in the form of withholding sex,<ref>Baumeister & Twenge, 2002</ref> slut-shaming, and gossip, whereas male sexual competition takes the form of amassing the "broad range of valued goods". This male bribery and female [[pussy cartel|cartel behaviour]] creates a situation where women ''marry into'' higher degrees of resources.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> | ||
There are mixed results about the importance of a power differential regarding income and education for women's marital satisfaction. | There are mixed results about the importance of a power differential regarding income and education for women's marital (aka post-wedding) satisfaction. | ||
Higher income of the man was found to be associated with female orgasm and lower income predicted sexlessness.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513808001177</ref><ref>https://cnnespanol2.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/polletandnettle-orgasms.pdf?attredirects=1</ref> | Higher income of the man was found to be associated with female orgasm and lower income predicted sexlessness.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513808001177</ref><ref>https://cnnespanol2.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/polletandnettle-orgasms.pdf?attredirects=1</ref> | ||
Women's promotion also increased the risk of divorce.<ref>http://www.ifn.se/wfiles/wp/wp1146.pdf</ref><ref>https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-0968-7</ref> | Women's promotion also increased the risk of divorce.<ref>http://www.ifn.se/wfiles/wp/wp1146.pdf</ref><ref>https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-0968-7</ref> | ||