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I was thinking about this because of another thread but here goes:
WIth the rise of women's rights, women's ability to support themselves, the shift in the social construct of marriage (from one of mutual economic/family benefit to one of love), what place is there in society for men? Why would today's woman want/need a man for many of the traditional reasons to get married?
Well, I think through some biased observation of my own, even though many women can and do provide for themselves they still want a man who can and does take care of them and are attracted to those men who can.
on the flip side, men are still attracted to women mostly, almost solely sometimes on physical attraction. the demand exceeds the supply and men are willing to sacrifice a lot to capture that. time, material wealth, opportunity, etc.
So if women have so much more leverage than before, and men are compelled by their libido, why arent women exploiting men MORE? If I were a woman (
i get accused sometimes for my emotional state) I would find no reason to settle on one guy, or settle at all unless I was not attractive and even then my economic well being isnt in harm's way. There is no economic downside to using men for your own reasons so the game should be open!
I know there are quite a few women that do exploit men. I just find it hard to understand why so many women put up with idiotic, ****e boyfriends or husbands for so long if there is nothing but the relationship/history itself at stake. Perhaps this is a latent thing among women and/or humans, to not be openly opportunistic or exploitative of others, but the fruit is ripe for the picking! Even women who use men routinely still have people clamouring for them. There are no downsides from what I can tell.
So essentially I dont see why women put up with men at all except out of societal and biological pressures.
WIth the rise of women's rights, women's ability to support themselves, the shift in the social construct of marriage (from one of mutual economic/family benefit to one of love), what place is there in society for men? Why would today's woman want/need a man for many of the traditional reasons to get married?
Well, I think through some biased observation of my own, even though many women can and do provide for themselves they still want a man who can and does take care of them and are attracted to those men who can.
on the flip side, men are still attracted to women mostly, almost solely sometimes on physical attraction. the demand exceeds the supply and men are willing to sacrifice a lot to capture that. time, material wealth, opportunity, etc.
So if women have so much more leverage than before, and men are compelled by their libido, why arent women exploiting men MORE? If I were a woman (
i get accused sometimes for my emotional state) I would find no reason to settle on one guy, or settle at all unless I was not attractive and even then my economic well being isnt in harm's way. There is no economic downside to using men for your own reasons so the game should be open!I know there are quite a few women that do exploit men. I just find it hard to understand why so many women put up with idiotic, ****e boyfriends or husbands for so long if there is nothing but the relationship/history itself at stake. Perhaps this is a latent thing among women and/or humans, to not be openly opportunistic or exploitative of others, but the fruit is ripe for the picking! Even women who use men routinely still have people clamouring for them. There are no downsides from what I can tell.
So essentially I dont see why women put up with men at all except out of societal and biological pressures.
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