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===Female monopoly on sex makes women a leisure class=== | ===Female monopoly on sex makes women a leisure class=== | ||
<!--Due to women's dependence on men, women naturally want resource security in relationships much more than men.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109051381730315X</ref>-->In terms of sexual economics theory, women sexually ''commodify themselves'' with a certain exchange value whenever they sexually reject or accept men based on | <!--Due to women's dependence on men, women naturally want resource security in relationships much more than men.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109051381730315X</ref>-->In terms of sexual economics theory, women sexually ''commodify themselves'' with a certain exchange value whenever they sexually reject or accept men based on their resources. | ||
Sex then becomes a resource that men can ''purchase'' by amassing a broad array of valued goods, including non-monetary resources such as fame and competence.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> | Sex then becomes a resource itself that men can ''purchase'' by amassing a broad array of valued goods, including non-monetary resources such as fame and competence.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016748701630277X</ref> | ||
This causes human females to compete with each other to inflate the "price" of sex, increasing men's sexual frustration, thus increasing the value of sex and baiting men into engaging in more committed resource provision. Women are also believed slut-shame one another maintain the value of sex, as sex given away for free lowers the value of sex, which reduces women's leverage over men.<ref>Baumeister & Twenge, 2002</ref> In this manner, women collude, forming [[pussy cartel|pussy cartels]], and inciting one another's hypergamy. By having men work for them, women become a leisure class. | This causes human females to compete with each other to inflate the "price" of sex, increasing men's sexual frustration, thus increasing the value of sex and baiting men into engaging in more committed resource provision. Women are also believed slut-shame one another maintain the value of sex, as sex given away for free lowers the value of sex, which reduces women's leverage over men.<ref>Baumeister & Twenge, 2002</ref> In this manner, women collude, forming [[pussy cartel|pussy cartels]], and inciting one another's hypergamy. By having men work for them, women become a leisure class. | ||