The Economics of Sexuality
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Andrew Francis' The Economics of Sexuality meta-critiques survey data searching for unexpected forces at work in the erotic social economy.
But what about sex? Sex, that most irrational of human pursuits, couldn't possibly respond to rational price theory, could it? ...
But how might price changes affect sexual behavior? And might those changes have something to tell us about the nature of sex itself? ...
In other words, sexual preference, while perhaps largely predetermined, may also be subject to the forces more typically associated with economics than biology. If this turns out to be true, it would change the way that everyone - scientists, politicians, theologians - thinks about sexuality.