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Originally Posted by willravel
They clearly didn't poll any of my exes.
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How many four-year relationships have you had?!
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This makes sense from an evolutionary standpoint, but a few clarifications are in order:
Women: They aren't necessarily "saving" their sex drive only for other men; they could be doing it as scaling resources not only to make children but to raise them. If a woman is in a secure relationship with a "genetically fit" male, they have many reasons to maintain that security. Perhaps the drop in sex drive is to limit the tax on the man's resources so that they can continue raise the children that are already being raised.
Men: Sex drive remains constant partly because sperm is cheap and also because it encourages them to seek resources to maintain relationships with females, who are very much so more selective. Very much so. It isn't only about cuckoldry, especially if you consider a man's drive to want sex from more than one female, and a lot of it.