The herd isnt the problem
Take it apart for relationships and make it about jobs
You are “the one”
Looks matter, but looks is not what gets you laid
You and the herd
The limits on your mind
The stockholm codependent approval seeking syndrome
What are your chances of hitting a homerun?
Another aspect of the sexual free market is that it is NOT marked by one gender being able to impose its will on the other. You could imagine a rape culture where the men have banded together and created laws that allow them to rape (a real one; not the BS one that feminists say describe today’s Western world where in the US completed rape declined by 68% from 1995 to 2010). This seems like an inherently unstable culture since fathers, brothers and would-be mates will not like that “their” women are open to being raped.
You could imagine a less severe culture where the men (and even the women) have banded together to enforce assortative mating for life with no divorce (one woman for every man and usually of equal marriage value). If the future spouses have no say at all and are simply married off then this would seem to be a completely non-free sexual market.
Thoughts?
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Han Solo says:
July 5, 2013 at 9:56 am
@Ted
It is interesting to observe “wild horse herds” where women run the show.
And regarding the favored male, it brings to mind the SNL Tom Brady effect, where the top attractive males can do whatever they want largely and it’s interpreted as sexy while the average or lower guys can do the exact same thing and it’s considered sexual harassment. Why? Because the women don’t want the sexual attention of the lesser males but do want the Toms’ of the world.
Take it apart for relationships and make it about jobs
You are “the one”
Looks matter, but looks is not what gets you laid
You and the herd
The limits on your mind
The stockholm codependent approval seeking syndrome
What are your chances of hitting a homerun?
Another aspect of the sexual free market is that it is NOT marked by one gender being able to impose its will on the other. You could imagine a rape culture where the men have banded together and created laws that allow them to rape (a real one; not the BS one that feminists say describe today’s Western world where in the US completed rape declined by 68% from 1995 to 2010). This seems like an inherently unstable culture since fathers, brothers and would-be mates will not like that “their” women are open to being raped.
You could imagine a less severe culture where the men (and even the women) have banded together to enforce assortative mating for life with no divorce (one woman for every man and usually of equal marriage value). If the future spouses have no say at all and are simply married off then this would seem to be a completely non-free sexual market.
Thoughts?
6
Han Solo says:
July 5, 2013 at 9:56 am
@Ted
It is interesting to observe “wild horse herds” where women run the show.
And regarding the favored male, it brings to mind the SNL Tom Brady effect, where the top attractive males can do whatever they want largely and it’s interpreted as sexy while the average or lower guys can do the exact same thing and it’s considered sexual harassment. Why? Because the women don’t want the sexual attention of the lesser males but do want the Toms’ of the world.