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===The principle of least interest=== | ===The principle of least interest=== | ||
In unregulated dating markets and even though physically weaker, women turn out to be ''the chief [[sexual selector|sexual selectors]]'' and [[Briffault's law|gatekeepers of sex]] 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 fewer options, thus they more likely compromise than the other party to reach an arrangement. Women desire initiating sex with | In unregulated dating markets and even though physically weaker, women turn out to be ''the chief [[sexual selector|sexual selectors]]'' and [[Briffault's law|gatekeepers of sex]] 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 fewer options, thus they more likely compromise than the other party to reach an arrangement. Women desire initiating sex with a partner of average attractiveness much less than 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> | ||
Making compromises means dating down, which in turn means women date up. | Making compromises means dating down, which in turn means women date up. | ||
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<!--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> | ||
Women compete in "selling high" by strategically withholding sex, thereby increasing men's sexual frustration, thus inflating the "price" of sex and baiting men into | Women compete in "selling high" by strategically withholding sex, thereby increasing men's sexual frustration, thus inflating the "price" of sex and baiting men into engaging in more committed resource provision, even when there is an abundance of resources in society. Women are also believed to slut-shame one another to 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. | ||
===Bodyguard hypothesis=== | ===Bodyguard hypothesis=== | ||
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Women love men … 's '' | Women love men … 's ''resources''. They rate men with cues of wealth (e.g. presentation of luxury goods) as more sexually attractive, while men don't care about this.<ref>http://doi.org/10.1556/JEP.12.2014.1.1</ref> | ||
People pay more attention to photos of men with high status attire, but not to women with high status attire.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Dominance_hierarchy#Eye_contact</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_.28and_men.29_pay_more_attention_to_high_status_men.2C_not_high_status_women</ref> | People pay more attention to photos of men with high status attire, but not to women with high status attire.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Dominance_hierarchy#Eye_contact</ref><ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#Women_.28and_men.29_pay_more_attention_to_high_status_men.2C_not_high_status_women</ref> | ||
Men's social status also accounts for 62% of the variance of frequency of copulation opportunities.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00029939</ref> | Men's social status also accounts for 62% of the variance of frequency of copulation opportunities.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00029939</ref> | ||