'Sexual economics' that regards sex as a resource for women
Economists Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Cooper have developed a theory called '
Sexual Economics: Sex as Female Resource for Social Exchange in Heterosexual Interactions
(PDF file) https://assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71503.pdf
Sexual Economics: Sex as Female Resource for Social Exchange in Heterosexual Interactions - Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs, 2004
https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327957pspr0804_2
Sexual Economics, Culture, Men, and Modern Sexual Trends | SpringerLink
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-012-9596-y
Why won't guys grow up? Sexual economics - The Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/why-wont-guys-grow-up-sexual-economics/article5172942/
Baumeister et al. view sex from the principles of economics and point out that 'sex is one of the few resources women have.' In the sexual economics advocated by Mr. Baumeister et al., there is a major premise that men want sex more than women. On this premise, women in economic activity can be viewed as resource suppliers, or sellers, and men as buyers. Thinking this way, men and women who have sex do the same thing, but socially, they do completely different things.
In the age of hunter-gatherers and farmers, men and women played separate social roles, and the broader economic and social activities that followed came largely from the male domain, and wealth and power were built around men. became. Baumeister and others argue that historically it has been advantageous for women to keep the supply of sex limited. Baumeister et al. said, ``Sex was a resource for women that could be provided to men to gain a share of the wealth of society,'' and women may have restricted sex as much as possible to increase the value of sex. I think.
These are based on the idea of ``social exchange theory,'' which states that people give each other goods and services, and by exchanging something with each other, natural human relationships are formed. Baumeister and others point out that the era and cultural background that women had to become sex suppliers in order to obtain some kind of material and social resources can be seen.
As women gain power and opportunities, they will be able to own a portion of society's wealth for themselves, and this perspective will change. However, women continue to be highly valued in the sexual market, as evidenced by the fact that women are often the sex sellers in prostitution, where sexual activity is exchanged for money.
Baumeister et al. ``The sex market favors women because nature incorporates elements that are biologically unfavorable to men. Women certainly want sex, but the majority of women Unless women want sex more than the majority of men, women will have a collective advantage and social roles and interactions will give them greater power than men.Cultural oppression of women's sexuality , is a special victory from the point of view of sexual economics.'
“Most schools, businesses, scientific bodies, governments, and many other institutions have clear policies to protect and promote women. and promotions have become standard practice, and most large organizations have policies and watchdogs that protect the interests of women and ensure that women are treated more favorably than men. But parallel policies and mechanisms to protect the interests of men are few and far between, and in many cases are explicitly prohibited: major new laws, for example, are carefully scrutinized by feminist legal scholars and All the new laws are becoming more female-friendly, because any side that is likely to be unfavorable or unfavorable is quickly criticized, and no one cares about men, so structural change that favors women and detracts from men is accelerating. Mr. Baumeister and others also claimed.
In response to this theory by Mr. Baumeister and others, columnist Margaret Wente points out that ``the economic value has changed because young men can easily get the opportunity to have sex.'' .
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