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Baumeister offered three possible explanations:<ref>https://blog.kareldonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Gender_and_Erotic_Plasticity__Sociocultural_Influences_on_the_Sex_Drive.pdf</ref> | Baumeister offered three possible explanations:<ref>https://blog.kareldonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Gender_and_Erotic_Plasticity__Sociocultural_Influences_on_the_Sex_Drive.pdf</ref> | ||
* The gender difference in physical strength and power may have selected female sexuality to be flexible so as to accommodate to the men, leading to a more [[sex drive#Female_passivity|passive]] and malleable sexuality. | * The gender difference in physical strength and power may have selected female sexuality to be flexible so as to accommodate to the men, leading to a more [[sex drive#Female_passivity|passive]] and malleable sexuality and more conformity.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill_(Supplemental)#90.25_of_victims_of_workplace_mass_hysteria_are_women</ref> In fact, historically and across cultures, men tightly constrained women's reproductive behavior for the purpose of [[paternity assurance]]. | ||
* A weaker sex drive may imply a greater plasticity, whereas strong and powerful drives are less prone to socializing and civilizing influences. | * A weaker sex drive may imply a greater plasticity, whereas strong and powerful drives are less prone to socializing and civilizing influences. | ||
* Over the course of [[courtship]] women spontaneously switch from a coy deferral of sex to admitting of it. This may require a general readiness to change, which could have led to greater plasticity. | * Over the course of [[courtship]] women spontaneously switch from a coy deferral of sex to admitting of it. This may require a general readiness to change, which could have led to greater plasticity. | ||