Originally Posted by
HectorOfTroy
It's actually a pretty loaded answer. Here's my take:
I think there is alot of guys who would prefer one true love over one night stands, at least initially. Generally speaking a woman will have much more options readily available than a man (unless they're in the small minority of very attractive men), men know this, so they know they are more easily/readily replaced, so thus that makes it harder for a man to commit if he feels his place in the relationship is insecure. Maybe for alot of women thinking they can be easily replaced by their partner is a form of a turn on sexually and emotionally for them, but for most men it's definitely an emotional turn off/makes a man not want to invest emotionally (commitment).
There's also the fact that alot of women are generally less honest/direct than men, imagine the emotional insecurity when you think that your partner can easily replace you AND maybe has already begun to replace you by talking to another guy, and is just hiding it from you, which alot of modern women do (monkey branching). At that point most guys are probably just going to primarily focus on sex so as to get their own gain before risking getting played for no gain. This is part of the fundamental problem with casual sex culture, back then if the norm is to not have sex before marriage, it's kind of a social contract since in a culture where sex is highly shamed before marriage it makes it harder for women to monkey branch, partially due to the shame factor and also because it's less socially acceptable for men themselves going around looking for women just for casual hookups, so less readily available partners, less chance of someone monkey-branching/cheating you and/or being replaced, thus more secure environment for emotional commitment.
I can already foresee the hypocritical replies of "men have no right to tell women how to sexually behave" ok, then likewise women have no right tell men who, when, and how much to emotionally invest/commit then either. Thus these modern societal problems are going to continue forever (or until society totally collapses due to a demolished family structure) if no one wants to make any form of mutual compromise.
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