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In unregulated dating markets and even though physically weaker, women turn out to be ''the chief [[sexual selector|sexual selectors]]'' due to the ''principle of least interest'': When an activity depends on mutual agreement, the person with the ''least interest'' decides the terms of that activity.<ref>Waller & Hill, 1951</ref> This is because the person with the most interest has less options, thus they more likely compromise than the other party to reach an arrangement. Women desire initiating sex with a random person of the opposite gender much less than men, except in case of a tiny minority of [[sexy sons|highly attractive men]].<ref>https://www.sciencefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gender-differences-in-receptivity-to-sexual-offers.pdf</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men_like_61.9.25_of_female_profiles.2C_women_like_only_4.5.25_of_male_profiles</ref> Thus, most men have few mating options and hence more likely make compromises in order to get any sex at all.<ref>https://assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71503.pdf</ref> | In unregulated dating markets and even though physically weaker, women turn out to be ''the chief [[sexual selector|sexual selectors]]'' due to the ''principle of least interest'': When an activity depends on mutual agreement, the person with the ''least interest'' decides the terms of that activity.<ref>Waller & Hill, 1951</ref> This is because the person with the most interest has less options, thus they more likely compromise than the other party to reach an arrangement. Women desire initiating sex with a random person of the opposite gender much less than men, except in case of a tiny minority of [[sexy sons|highly attractive men]].<ref>https://www.sciencefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gender-differences-in-receptivity-to-sexual-offers.pdf</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men_like_61.9.25_of_female_profiles.2C_women_like_only_4.5.25_of_male_profiles</ref> Thus, most men have few mating options and hence more likely make compromises in order to get any sex at all.<ref>https://assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71503.pdf</ref> | ||
=== | ===Women incite each other's hypergamy=== | ||
<!--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. | <!--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 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> | 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> | ||