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ing at how the institution of marriage has changed over time as well as
female sexual desire and how society perceives the female sex drive
as an economic story. I gave a talk at TEDxVancouver on the topic.
Im really motivated to work on it at the moment.
Can you share what you spoke about there? As a society, we think
women have a lower sex drive than men. Because of this we are very
comfortable with the idea that men want sex for pleasure and women
want sex so that they can have financial security. Thats a view that
came out of the time where women were very dependent on men.
Now that women are not dependent on men, we need to evolve in
our thinking. Especially since there is plenty of evidence that women
are not less sexual than menit is just a social norm that has evolved
over time.
A lot of your blog posts have to do with gender roles that have changed
over time. Is this something you have always had an interest in? Well
weve lived have heavily shaped relationships weve had and our views
about gender roles. Now that the economic system has changed we
need to start changing our views about gender roles. The evolution
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marriage in the past was about economics but marriage today is about
companionship. There is a new form of marriage that is evolving over
time where people are looking for something else. I think this is one
of the reasons that our divorce rates are falling. Its because people are
choosing to marry for different reasons: marriage is becoming more
about love today.
Why are they looking for something else? Let me tell you a story. In
how the world has changed and it helps us make predictions on how
it will change in the future. I think thats the real value of having an
economic perspective. Lets spend some time looking at how economics have shaped relationships in the past so we can see where we are
going in the future.
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