What women/men want

[Ankesh]

Originally Posted by -TW

Ummm, let's look at the **** industry (aka the supply/demand marketplace) + who 99.99999% of the customers are (male).

Why is that? I think it is BEGUN to be explained by that guy's info product.

I agree the madonna complex is not accurate. But the 'men are beasts' theory, pretty much IS (true).

Look at the number of people who apply lipstick. 99.99% are women. Does that mean that women have this innate drive to apply lipstick while men don't?

The answer is complicated.

Yes - women could have this ingrained notion of being more attractive - the peacock theory to win more attention - which makes them apply more lipstick. (But in other animals - its usually the male that strive for attention - so that is a conundrum I haven't gotten my mind around yet.)

On the other hand - you can see a clear hand of conditioning and societal expectations in play too. Women *start* applying lipstick because other women apply lipstick.

European men in 19th century used to wear elaborate wigs and apply makeup too. And then they stopped. What - suddenly their brain chemistry changed?

Tattoos have an about equal male to female ratio. But belly rings - majority are put up by women. That is not something ingrained or hardwired in the brains. Its a society affecting actions thing.

Its the same with **** and every other male-female difference.

* Yes - the brains are different.
* And Yes - the society we live in affects our actions too.

Last I heard... the biggest market for gay **** is.... women!

So maybe why 99.99% of other **** is bought by men is because folks are not making **** women like? Or women don't have this ritual of showing other women **** when they are 13-14-15?

There are a 101 such reasons why men buy more **** that has nothing to do with how our brains are wired differently.

Its nature-vs-nurture. Both nature and nurture play a hand on how we behave. But I always like to believe that nurture plays a bigger role - because we have direct control over it.