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The Economics of Sex: Why are There No Good Men Left?
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Toni Sopocko July 31, 2014 , 7:15 pm Vote1
I think your basic premise is correct, but some of your facts are a bit off.
Most women don’t go into menopause till closer to 50.
A lot of young men don’t actually become “good men” till after the commitment happens. But again, a lot of that is up to women. Those who want that commitment need to keep their price high.
Cathy Reisenwitz July 31, 2014 , 7:39 pm Vote1
“Women’s standards are what creates good men.” Maybe men aren’t “good men” because women blame other women for how “good” men are instead of holding them accountable for their own behavior?
Sarah Meyer July 31, 2014 , 8:14 pm Vote2
And to add to this – which I think is pretty spot-on, feminism has also created an emasculation of men in general. Being a “good man” might mean embracing some traditional gender roles, which feminists have demonized… How terrifying it must be to be a man in the dating scene, when doing something nice for a woman could get you in big trouble if she perceives the behavior to be demeaning to her somehow. Economically speaking, women have not only inadvertently “lowered the price” of the supply, the have also confused the standard for obtaining it. This confusion increases sexual opportunity for bad boys, and reduces sexual opportunity for the good men… boom, good men convert to “bad” behavior. The truth is, they’re all good! They’re just behaving badly because that’s what the market (unfortunately) demands at the moment.
Chip Marce August 1, 2014 , 3:22 am
Very good article and some really good comments. Frankly I was surprised by the comments and the gender of those making them.
From a male perspective, there is little incentive to act chivalrously these days. Which is a real shame. I saw something that really chapped my hide earlier tonite. I was In a restaurant and saw a fairly young couple enter. The male, who was kind of grubby, didn’t even hold the door. Now this is in the south where such things simply aren’t done. You hold the door for a lady. Especially your lady.
Women really do need to stop tolerating this piggish behavior.
Carlos Morales August 2, 2014 , 4:49 am Vote1
How are you defining “good men”? How are you defining “empowered”? Do you have any statistics on the amount of sexual partners people are having today? Which aspect of the feminist movement are you addressing? Have you ever read anything about sex in other cultures throughout history?
The article amounts to : “women give out too much pussy, this is bad, women should give out pussy to one man when she’s 16 just like my grandma did, because muh good men.”
Yilmaz Rona August 2, 2014 , 11:59 am Vote1
Regrettably, I think this article is completely off base.
1) People used to have sex out of wedlock in the past; just consider how prevalent venereal diseases have been through history!
2) Good men have always been hard to find! Look at books written by women in the 18th & 19th century!
In cultures where sex out of wedlock is widely held to be bad “bad”, people will be discreet about it, thereby obscuring what’s really going on to outsiders or future students of the culture. Those latter groups see a sanitized picture and that fools them into thinking there wasn’t much hanky pinky going on!
I don’t think the sexual revolution is to blame.
Daniel Shinn August 17, 2014 , 1:57 am Vote1
I think you are correct in your assertion that women are usually in control when it comes to sex, but you are overlooking the significance of the rising cost of marriage for men as well as the increased risks versus shrinking potential rewards for men. The previous generation was largely oblivious to marriage’s increasingly catastrophic risks for men. The percentage of men raised by single and divorced mothers has increased significantly over the past few decades and many of these men were first hand witnesses to the resulting damage done by divorce to their fathers as well as to themselves. Also, the contemporary reality of family courts is much more well known due to the internet. These young men increasingly perceive marriage as a risky proposition that is just not worth purchasing. Married men are increasingly treated with more derision as well, so the potential value inherent in the potential acquisition of societal deference and respect has decreased. In other words, the shifting economics of matrimony have increasingly made marriage to women much more expensive, so that there are no “good” women left for men. “Feminism” and “sexual liberation” have further altered the marriage contract and distorted the market such that men are too expensive for women and women are too expensive for men. The effect is similar to communism or any other type of command and control economy, where goods and services first become too expensive to purchase and then eventually become nonexistent. Hypergamy, the innate tendency of women to seek men with more wealth and higher social status than themselves, is also exacerbated by the fact that wealth is now much more highly concentrated with less individuals, as well as the fact that women themselves have individually acquired a high percentage of wealth in society. Women’s perceptions of their own value are too inflated for what the market will bare and men do not perceive a value to having a wife that is worth the price he will likely have to pay, therefore no transaction occurs.
“Ah, yes, divorce… from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet.” – Robin Williams
Jessica Lee August 23, 2014 , 1:43 am Vote0
i think this could apply to any sex and any orientation.
Jessica Lee August 23, 2014 , 3:57 am Vote0
You can’t blame a subsection of indiscriminate women for the lack of noble men in the world. This is placing too much power outside of yourself which might lead to a desire outside of yourself to take control… you know what i mean? Noble men are highly attractive, don’t give that truth up so easily. It might actually be a fair fight.
Adela Muresan October 31, 2016 , 5:03 pm
“How has birth control and feminism eliminated many of the good men from the dating market? By making the “price” of sex, very cheap.”
Would a good man even say this? Does this not sound sexist or downright misogynistic ?
Is he saying that male indency is normal justified?
I can’t help but see that this man is blaming men’s wrong doings on women, somehow normalizing their behavior.
Is he saying that if women were not “promiscuous” these “bad” man would all of a sudden become men of good character ?
Russell Gold November 14, 2016 , 3:06 am Vote1
It’s not a question of whether “a good man [would] say this.” It’s an observation of basic economic reality. Now, a “good man” might well choose to keep his opinion to himself – but that wouldn’t make it less true.
And it’s not blaming, simply observing. People behave in accordance with innate tendencies combined with environmental factors. Men are “programmed” to want sex — a lot. When sex is not easily available, they will work harder to obtain it; when it is commonplace, they won’t. Why should they?
Here’s a basic reality: men and women who are not attractive enough to the opposite sex don’t tend to procreate. As a result, men are what women have made them, and women are what men have made them. Our environment has changed, and people are still working with the same tendencies. Birth control has made sex less risky for women, so they are less reluctant to engage in it. In more traditional societies, values tend to inhibit such changes, but without strong social values, people do what is easiest and focus more on short-term pleasure.
Given the common environment on so many campuses, it is impressive that college students have realized this.
On the other hand, the grammatical and spelling errors are driving me nuts. Surely it shouldn’t be too hard to find a kindly English major to proof-read?
Just picking out a couple of the more egregious…
One “bears” children; one does not “bare” them, except when preparing them for a bath (and, actually, it is only women who bear them; men sire them).
A student “studies” a subject, not “study’s” it.
Keep up the good work!