Many of the topics people talk about here can be seen in a clearer way if one is capable of understanding a few concepts from (intermediate) microeconomics, and apply them to sex and gender issues. Two big "tools" are
If you haven't taken college level courses on these topics then they might be difficult to understand. I found a few resources after a quick search, but none were as basic as I was hoping for:
For example, "women aren't interested in casual sex" In terms of diminishing marginal utility, this makes a lot of sense. If you've already been able to do something as much as you'd more-or-less want to, then it won't be very appealing to you.
Things get more interesting when you allow for two or more "inputs" to the utility/production function. Utility is economics-speak for happiness, or enjoyment. When considering things from the perspective of a company, you'll see "production function" rather than utility, but it's really all the same thing. The two inputs are usually graphed on the X and Y axis, and "level of happiness" on the Z, or vertical, axis. The 3D graph can be thought of as a surface.
Keeping things as simple as possible, we can think of happiness/enjoyment/utility as a function of
sex, vs.
everything-not-sex
Example, now "what are your standards" can make a lot more sense. The relative value of something, the value you give it right now, depends on your current mix of inputs. If you have a lot of sex then getting a little more everything-not-sex is going to make you a lot happier than a little more sex.
Is everything-not-sex an extremely broad category? Yes, but that's not the point of this thought experiment.
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