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Originally Posted by Saul Good
I think you have that second part wrong. Men can impregnate a virtually unlimited number of women, so we are wired to be prolific. Women have a very limited number of children they can carry, so they are wired to be selective.
Birth control chips away at this, but it doesn't eliminate it.
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I think you're both right. Women have more to lose in the sense that they have to provide an insane amount of nutrients to a growing fetus. This isn't such a big deal now with a controlled environment and abundant resources, but certainly still ingrained into the evolutionary fabric of females.