tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post8130952000713599517..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: The Economics of SexT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-34840197043837099822014-02-27T03:35:07.128-08:002014-02-27T03:35:07.128-08:00DOH-
Why shouldn't relatioship choices be abo...DOH-<br /><br />Why shouldn't relatioship choices be about economics? Everything else in life is about economics. <br /><br />Economics is a social science that analyzes and describes the consequences of choices made concerning scarce productive resources. <br /><br />Or in this case, scarce REproductive resources. <br /><br />You even state it in your own comment: "It's a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-60329071034032549342014-02-22T08:29:25.859-08:002014-02-22T08:29:25.859-08:00It's interesting to observe how much more cohe...It's interesting to observe how much more coherent the Catholic Church's position on these issues is than Protestant denominations.<br /><br />If you read Humanae Vitae you'll find, veiled beneath theological language, some of the same principles of supply and demand applied to sex and marriage.Therapsidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-7085216451712258242014-02-21T10:55:58.921-08:002014-02-21T10:55:58.921-08:00@Anon-
Thank you for the kind words. They are app...@Anon-<br /><br />Thank you for the kind words. They are appreciated. <br /><br />@DoH-<br /><br />I suppose that, in my view, "what is fair and right" has about as much relevance in this discussion as it does when discussing ecological dynamics, evolution, sea level changes, etc. You are writing about <i>normative</i> claims, while I am focusing on <i>positive</i> ones.<br /><br />In T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-35430184418143935242014-02-21T02:59:23.580-08:002014-02-21T02:59:23.580-08:00I've never thought you were one to skive on yo...I've never thought you were one to skive on your research. I admire your passion.<br /><br />My wholehearted belief in gender equality stands, not because it is "the social value of the hour," but because it is fair and right. <br /><br />There is no changing your mind, though, I know that. I'm sorry that we can't see eye to eye.DOHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153284141751688670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-17807491390153137132014-02-20T02:02:27.591-08:002014-02-20T02:02:27.591-08:00Hello T. Greer.
Just wanted to post to say it'...Hello T. Greer.<br /><br />Just wanted to post to say it's great to see how much effort you put into your responses to commenters. I doubt 'DOH' will appreciate it but I do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-28993434680152500472014-02-19T15:38:30.190-08:002014-02-19T15:38:30.190-08:00Reader tipped me off that some of the links were b...Reader tipped me off that some of the links were broken. Don't why blogger does this to me. As blogger <i>also</i> doesn't let me edit comments, I am just going to throw the real links here:<br /><br /><br />" in almost every conceivable way it can be measured" -- this study http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/Assets/71520.pdf<br /><br />"traditional cultures across the world&T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-22294995366180162712014-02-19T12:41:17.572-08:002014-02-19T12:41:17.572-08:00This is just the tip of the ice berg. There are do...This is just the tip of the ice berg. There are dozens – maybe hundreds! – more studies of this type. The video’s information was <i>accurate</i>, regardless of the unpolitic or ill received it may be. Mark Regenurus <a href="%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">summarized the matter</a> well:<br /><br /><i>"One of the most interesting and significant facts about coupled sexual behavior is the T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-81929117503297907422014-02-19T12:23:25.485-08:002014-02-19T12:23:25.485-08:00WHO CONTROLS WHAT: THE PRICING PROBLEM
Sex happen...<b>WHO CONTROLS WHAT: THE PRICING PROBLEM</b><br /><br />Sex happens on <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/3813275" rel="nofollow">the woman’s timeline</a>. Women not in a relationship or afraid that their partner is losing interest are <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-6402.t01-1-00075/abstract" rel="nofollow">much more likely</a> to consent to unwanted sex. Female-male T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-9746273888481520462014-02-19T12:11:24.190-08:002014-02-19T12:11:24.190-08:00DoH-
Like you, I care little for the Austin Insti...DoH-<br /><br />Like you, I care little for the Austin Institute’s <i>opinion.</i> I am happy to report that I judge the accuracy of an argument’s claims on empirical evidence, not subjective judgments on what is tasteful, sexist, patriarchal, or whatever else may be the social value of the hour. <br /><br />In this case the empirical evidence is overwhelming. Just a short listing of what is now T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-66084456449534187082014-02-19T01:01:46.631-08:002014-02-19T01:01:46.631-08:00How very sexist and inaccurate. "A promise to...How very sexist and inaccurate. "A promise to share all of his affections, wealth and earnings with her exclusively."... In return for SEX? Aren't we generally against prostitution? A world with less marriage does not automatically equal a less appealing world. The status quo is changing and men and women are becoming equal partners in relationships. Sex is a woman's only DOHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153284141751688670noreply@blogger.com