The 'price' of sex has dropped to new record lows with an increasing number of women bed-hopping during dates, without expectations about long-term commitments, social psychologists have revealed
The 'price' of sex has dropped to new record lows with an increasing number of women bed-hopping during dates, without expectations about long-term commitments, social psychologists have revealed.
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"It might mean buying her a drink or an engagement ring. These behaviors vary in how costly they are to the man, and that is how we quantify the price of sex," she added.
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Researchers also found a full 30 percent of young men's sexual relationships involves just sex, and no romance -- no wooing, dating, goofy text messaging.
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However, if sex continues to be cheap over the course of multiple relationships, it will only add to men's reluctance to commit, warns Mark Regnerus, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin.
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"Sexual strategies for making men 'fall in love' typically backfire, because men don't often work like that," Regnerus says.
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Thus, he says, its time for women to return the balance of sexual power in their favour by stop putting out.
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If women collectively decided to cross their legs, the price of sex would soar and women would regain control of the 'meet market', he adds.
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