1. Assumption women are looking for committed relationships, whereas men are not
2. Assumptions men prefer casual sex, whereas women do not
3. not backing up said assumptions with data
4. Assumption men want sex more than women, based on an outdated study (going up to strangers and asking if they want sex with you - some men said yes, no women did), that has since been complicated by conflicting data from different studies
5. failure to explore how much of the "truth" in assumptions 1 and 2 is due to socialization, which can be changed if society teaches women to approach sex and relationships differently. Thus, even if 1 and 2 are true, its not that things today inherently favor men, but rather, that things favor men because men are socialized to take advantage of things in a way women are not - this article makes it seem like men are biologically relationship-averse, while for women its the opposite, therefore a relationship-averse society by nature favors men
6. this article assumes starting sex at a later point in relationships and not having kids outside of marriage are things women want more than men, and therefore signs of womens power
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2011/02/sex_is_cheap.2.html
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