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In short, the rewards flow directly to women, instead of via men where an exchange of men's resources vs women's orgasms could take place. | In short, the rewards flow directly to women, instead of via men where an exchange of men's resources vs women's orgasms could take place. | ||
'''Sublimated sexuality''': When women depend on men's resources in turn, all men have strong incentives to compete for getting laid. Women reward men's investment by [[Briffault's law|handing out sex]], and women themselves feel good about themselves having done a good job attracting a valuable mate. With suppressed promiscuity and premarital sex, the price of sex is high, so highly desirable and promiscuous men also cannot get sex for free without doing something prosocial like taking care of the family, and are hence encouraged to do so. | '''Sublimated sexuality''': When women depend on men's resources in turn, all men have strong incentives to compete for getting laid. Women reward men's investment by [[Briffault's law|handing out sex]], and women themselves feel good about themselves having done a good job attracting a valuable mate and being good wife etc. With suppressed promiscuity and premarital sex, the price of sex is high, so highly desirable and promiscuous men also cannot get sex for free without doing something prosocial like taking care of the family, and are hence encouraged to do so. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||