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I think the consequences of that disparity leads to bigger problems than dissonance in the marital bedroom

Yeah I think the ramifications are wide across the culture, and they're difficult to isolate, as with anything that is so pervasive. I don't offer solutions, I only hope that knowledge itself will somehow make things better.

The argument has always that women have to dress a certain way and act a certain way for their own safety. But is that true? Or are men protecting a valuable resource, their access to sex, when they limit a woman's behavior? Other men covet that resource.

As usual, I think animals are instructive here. Anyone who's been around them long enough knows that males treat females largely as they would a resource. Humans aren't as simple, but still exhibit the same broad characteristics. They may want to control other women as a way of controlling themselves; they may demand women dress more conservatively to better contain their own urges. Those sections I wrote on Weiner etc. have the potential to be very inflammatory, since they can be construed as saying that men simply can't control themselves, and so are not to blame if they rape etc. I'm definitely a determinist, which means I think all action is determined by inputs + the black (but not empty) box we call our self, but that doesn't mean we may excuse any behavior. Men are more prone to be less able to control their urges, and that will result in a certain statistical distribution of rape, especially when you add the average physical power of the sexes into the mix. We need to acknowledge this, and then figure out educational interventions that will tip the scale, equally deterministically, in favor of more sociable actions.