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So there do seem to be substantial country-level variations in female promiscuity and sluttiness, even among Western countries, and arguably also variation between different subcultures. (However, it should be noted that the survey by Durex has been criticized for undersampling, a criticism that reveals a lack of statistical nous as even relatively small surveys can be valid as long as the sample is representative of the general population).<ref>https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/12/methods-101-random-sampling/</ref>

[[File:Nicolas-francois-octave-tassaert-la-femme-damnee-1859.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Artistic depiction of a 'fallen woman' from 1859.]]

There is some evidence that a preference for chaste mates may be partially hardwired in men, owing to their evolutionary history. A promiscuous woman is a poor investment for a long-term relationship, due to the greater risk she may [[cuckold]] the man,<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224498309551166</ref> or indeed may [[single mom|already have dependent offspring]] that compete with his potential offspring for resources.

This shift in preference could be seen as evidence for the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud's (in)famous assertion (stolen from [[Otto Weininger]]) of the existence of a "Madonna/whore" complex on behalf of men, at least in the sense of men exhibiting their dual-mating strategy where they group women into these categories readily and prefer each kind of woman for different mating contexts. This male complex can be contrasted with women's apparent similarly Manichean categorization of men into "dads and cads," i.e., emotionally distant and threatening, but attractive men that are desired primarily for short-term relationships and less attractive but more empathetic warm men who are preferred for longer-term relationships.

Women, on the other hand, generally dislike promiscuous women, maybe even "more so" than men.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_write_45.0-61.3.25_of_all_.27misogynistic.27_tweets_on_Twitter_about_female_promiscuity</ref> One reason is that sluts present a risk of destabilizing their current relationship by seducing their male partner. Another, possibly more important reason, is that women being too generous with their sexual favors 'lowers' the [[sexual economics theory|price of sex]]. If women are overly promiscuous, it makes sex easier to obtain (at least for some men). This makes men less willing to invest in committed relationships and invest large amounts of resources in women. The theory of women colluding against sluts primarily owing to economic concerns is dubbed the [[pussy cartel]].

In line with this, another study found that women constrain each other's sexuality more than men constrain it.<ref>http://www.femininebeauty.info/suppression.pdf</ref>

Not just men and women have an aversion toward female sluttiness, but men's parents and their families that may invest their family wealth in the offspring are concerned about such behavior as well.<ref>https://quillette.com/2018/11/25/on-the-nature-of-patriarchy/</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S109051381730363X</ref> As [[arranged marriage]] was the dominant form of mating in human history, parents were usually heavily involved in partner choices.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886918305348</ref>

Women are neater and more conscientious with regards to bodily hygiene than men. For example women spend more time on toilet,<ref>Baillie, M. A., Fraser, S., & Brown, M. J. (2009). Do Women Spend More Time in the Restroom than Men? Psychological Reports, 105(3), 789–790. doi:10.2466/pr0.105.3.789-790 </ref> are more likely to wash their hands even after petting an animal, handling food, coughing or sneezing.<ref>https://www.cleaninginstitute.org/sites/default/files/assets/1/AssetManager/2010%20Hand%20Washing%20Findings.pdf</ref>