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*Cross-cultural concerns about female promiscuity, giving rise to slut-shaming gossip among females | *Cross-cultural concerns about female promiscuity, giving rise to slut-shaming gossip among females | ||
**However, we hardly find slut shaming in Chimpanzees and other promiscuous mating systems; thus, this slut-shaming would rather be a feature of a species with a strong female-male resource dependence and a monogamous mating system were women stand to lose much if their pair bonded male leaves them, or not marry and settle down with her, because there are other females whom will more readily give him sex. | **However, we hardly find slut shaming in Chimpanzees and other promiscuous mating systems; thus, this slut-shaming would rather be a feature of a species with a strong female-male resource dependence and a monogamous mating system were women stand to lose much if their pair bonded male leaves them, or not marry and settle down with her, because there are other females whom will more readily give him sex. | ||
*Women have louder and more complex copulatory vocalizations (moaning) which is indicative of promiscuous mating behavior in other great apes.<ref name="mp"></ref> This at least suggests that in close human ancestors, the females were quite promiscuous, suggesting it is a vestigial behavior from predecessor in which parental investment had a lower significance for [[reproductive success]]. | *Women have louder and more complex copulatory vocalizations (moaning) which is indicative of promiscuous mating behavior in other great apes.<ref name="mp"></ref> This at least suggests that in close human ancestors, the females were quite promiscuous, suggesting it is a vestigial behavior from predecessor in which parental investment had a lower significance for [[reproductive success]]. See [[female orgasm]]. | ||
*Women display a kind of Coolidge Effect in marriages sooner than men | *Women display a kind of Coolidge Effect in marriages sooner than men | ||
**However, considering that women need to be more invested in parenting, it seems certainly plausible that women get sexually bored quicker than men (if you're getting pregnant too often, then who takes care of the kids). | **However, considering that women need to be more invested in parenting, it seems certainly plausible that women get sexually bored quicker than men (if you're getting pregnant too often, then who takes care of the kids). | ||