If men think women should not be promiscuous, they are misogynists, science says

[Holac]

 

In the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, we seem to be getting hit more and more with the idea that women don’t really need birth control, with all the accompanying undertones that women shouldn’t be having a sex life because that makes us sluts. But now science has found a link between believing that female promiscuity is bad, and believing that women are economically dependent on men. And those of us who are familiar with the idea of systemic misogyny say “Duh!”

 

According to a study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior (which sounds like it should be publishing high-brow smut, but oh well), there is a significant overlap between people who believed that women should not be promiscuous and people who believe that women are, or should be, economically dependent on men. The authors explain this by pointing out that ”in environments in which female economic dependence on a male mate is higher, both a woman and her mate have a greater interest in maximizing paternity certainty.”

 

The point is that there is now some science to back this stuff up. It’s not just social scientists of feminism analyzing the ways in which the world seems to fit together. Science says there’s a real connection between opposition to birth control and belief in female dependence, with people who exhibit one more likely to also exhibit the other. So the birth control critics can continue to claim they aren’t anti-women, but we’ve now got science on our side, guys.

 

http://www.bustle.com/articles/30997-opposing-female-promiscuity-is-linked-to-other-sexist-ideas-says-science