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==Blackpill conflict== | ==Blackpill conflict== | ||
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Although a lot of Baumeister's observations are cited by [[blackpill]]ers, contrary to the core assumption many blackpillers hold, Roy concluded that female sexual desire is malleable by society and in short time-frames, and that females have a more malleable erotic plasticity than males.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10825779</ref><ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10825779/</ref> He suggests that the malleability makes women suited for [[progressivism|sexual-cultural progress]]. Contrary also to the blackpill philosophy, he suggests that men's sexuality is more superficial and physically oriented than women. | |||
{{Quote|"Men's sexuality revolves around ''physical'' factors, in which nature is predominant and the social and cultural dimension is secondary. For women, cultural factors play a much greater role, and the role of physical processes and biological nature is smaller"}} | {{Quote|"Men's sexuality revolves around ''physical'' factors, in which nature is predominant and the social and cultural dimension is secondary. For women, cultural factors play a much greater role, and the role of physical processes and biological nature is smaller"}} | ||
{{Quote|"If the sex drive is socioculturally malleable, then there exist ''many possible directions'' in which to pursue social progress and individual fulfillment. [in contrast to the blackpill which suggests either reaction or fatalism] In contrast, if the sex drive is fixed and static, then society must ultimately accommodate and confront those patterns, and individual choice will be a matter of pursuing those innate, inflexible desires. | {{Quote|"The plasticity of the female sex ''drive'' offers greater capacity to adapt to changing external circumstances as well as an opportunity for culture to exert a controlling influence. From the global perspective of the broader society, if controlling people's behavior is the goal, women's sexual patterns are more easily changed than men's."}} | ||
The gender difference in erotic plasticity suggests that women present a better prospect for achieving cultural progress than men, at least with regard to sexuality. "}} | |||
{{Quote|"If the sex drive is socioculturally malleable, then there exist ''many possible directions'' in which to pursue social progress and individual fulfillment. [in contrast to the blackpill which suggests either reaction or fatalism] In contrast, if the sex drive is fixed and static, then society must ultimately accommodate and confront those patterns, and individual choice will be a matter of pursuing those innate, inflexible desires. The gender difference in erotic plasticity suggests that women present a better prospect for achieving cultural progress than men, at least with regard to sexuality."}} | |||
Baumeister offered various possible explanations for this phenomenon with the second explanation being his preferred one:<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 (political) power may have selected female sexuality to be flexible so as to accommodate to the men, though he leaves open whether it is the greater overall conformity in women being instantiated in sexual conformity or vice-versa. | |||
# 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. | |||
Beyond Baumeister's [[virtue signaling]] about sexual progress, this line of research can also be understood to suggest that the only obstacle in controlling women's sexuality is not women themselves, but [[politics]]. | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||