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Women's '''subordination''' (the practice of treating women as lesser beings) and '''submission''' (the willingness and desire to be subordinated) can be observed across cultures and history and in many aspects of female desire such as [[rape#Rape_fantasies|rape fantasies]], [[hybristophilia]] and masochism. | Women's '''subordination''' (the practice of treating women as lesser beings) and '''submission''' (the willingness and desire to be subordinated) can be observed across cultures and history and in many aspects of female desire such as [[rape#Rape_fantasies|rape fantasies]], [[hybristophilia]] and masochism. | ||
== Causes == | |||
Anthropologist Eibl-Eibesfeldt suggested the tendency for women to submit to dominant men may a remnant of ancient adaptations in which pair formation only succeeds when the male is able to dominate the female and overcome her coy reluctance. This male dominate/female surrender pattern can be observed in fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals.<ref>Eibl-Eibesfeldt I. 1989. ''Pair Formation, Courtship, Sexual Love.'' In: ''Human Ethology.'' Rougtledge. [[https://books.google.com/books?id=-CExDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT6&ots=KctjD7Zprm&dq=Pair%20Formation%2C%20Courtship%2C%20Sexual%20Love&pg=PT335#v=onepage&q=Pair%20Formation,%20Courtship,%20Sexual%20Love&f=false Excerpt]]</ref> | Anthropologist Eibl-Eibesfeldt suggested the tendency for women to submit to dominant men may a remnant of ancient adaptations in which pair formation only succeeds when the male is able to dominate the female and overcome her coy reluctance. This male dominate/female surrender pattern can be observed in fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals.<ref>Eibl-Eibesfeldt I. 1989. ''Pair Formation, Courtship, Sexual Love.'' In: ''Human Ethology.'' Rougtledge. [[https://books.google.com/books?id=-CExDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT6&ots=KctjD7Zprm&dq=Pair%20Formation%2C%20Courtship%2C%20Sexual%20Love&pg=PT335#v=onepage&q=Pair%20Formation,%20Courtship,%20Sexual%20Love&f=false Excerpt]]</ref> | ||