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This female need to seek validation from men may also explain perceptions of greater female sluttishness. | This female need to seek validation from men may also explain perceptions of greater female sluttishness. | ||
As men are typically hornier than women, more drawn towards short-term mating in general,<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17975724/</ref> and are punished less for being promiscuous (cross-culturally, generally actually attaining greater peer-status in proportion to their level of promiscuity to a degree)<ref>https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=senior_comm</ref> it would appear that the most effective (at least in the short-term) way for women to gain men's attention is to engage in slutty behavior, for example via wearing [[leggings|tight, revealing clothing]], engaging in various forms of body modification, adopting [[lordosis|sexually provocative poses]] and so forth. | As men are typically hornier than women, more drawn towards short-term mating in general,<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17975724/</ref> and are punished less for being promiscuous (cross-culturally, generally actually attaining greater peer-status in proportion to their level of promiscuity to a degree)<ref>https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=senior_comm</ref> it would appear that the most effective (at least in the short-term) way for women to gain men's attention is to engage in slutty behavior, for example via wearing [[leggings|tight, revealing clothing]], engaging in various forms of body modification, adopting [[lordosis|sexually provocative poses]], and so forth. | ||
Theoretically, the major restraints against the widespread adoption of this attention-whoring strategy would be the social opprobrium that sluts accrue (typically directed at sluts from other women), the societal maintenance of strong religious or cultural taboos (indeed, historically often aimed mainly, or even solely, in the direction of restricting female sexuality, apart from the exception of Christianity and Islam to a lesser degree), or the need to maintain one's chastity to be able to attract a particularly desirable and provident male partner. | Theoretically, the major restraints against the widespread adoption of this attention-whoring strategy would be the social opprobrium that sluts accrue (typically directed at sluts from other women), the societal maintenance of strong religious or cultural taboos (indeed, historically often aimed mainly, or even solely, in the direction of restricting female sexuality, apart from the exception of Christianity and Islam to a lesser degree), or the need to maintain one's chastity to be able to attract a particularly desirable and provident male partner. | ||
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Where economical, biological, or social incentives gear women towards a [[life history|fast life history]] strategy, one would expect this process of sluttification to be even more pronounced, with less negative feedback in terms of social reinforcement of chastity norms being in place in such milieus to halt the remorseless progression of this slut signaling by women. | Where economical, biological, or social incentives gear women towards a [[life history|fast life history]] strategy, one would expect this process of sluttification to be even more pronounced, with less negative feedback in terms of social reinforcement of chastity norms being in place in such milieus to halt the remorseless progression of this slut signaling by women. | ||
===Economic incentives=== | ===Economic incentives=== | ||
Increasing female economic independence from men (at least in terms of being directly dependent on male provision) due to modern welfare states, modernity in general, technological advances, and the widespread inclusion of women in the workforce has also likely contributed to this behavior. When women do not have a strong need to maintain a reputation for virtue to be seen as a viable marriage prospect for men, they are therefore more free to behave in a promiscuous manner. Men's desire for chaste women thus effectively degrades, as it becomes increasingly absurd and unreasonable for them to demand completely chaste women in a society where premarital sex is normalized outside of strict religious subcultures. | Increasing female economic independence from men (at least in terms of being directly dependent on male provision) due to modern welfare states, modernity in general, technological advances, and the widespread inclusion of women in the workforce has also likely contributed to this behavior. When women do not have a strong need to maintain a reputation for virtue to be seen as a viable marriage prospect for men, they are therefore more free to behave in a promiscuous manner. Men's desire for chaste women thus effectively degrades, as it becomes increasingly absurd and unreasonable for them to demand completely chaste women in a society where premarital sex is normalized outside of strict religious subcultures. | ||