… or so a new study published in Slate demonstates. Sexual conservatism leads to higher propagation rates for AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Don’t mind the pseudo-economics bullshit tacked on to this article, the facts themselves are interesting enough.
That’s why increased activity by sexual conservatives can slow down the rate of infection and reduce the prevalence of AIDS. In fact, according to Professor Michael Kremer of MIT’s economics department, the spread of AIDS in England could plausibly be retarded if everyone with fewer than about 2.25 partners per year were to take additional partners more frequently. That covers three-quarters of British heterosexuals between the ages of 18 and 45. (Much of this column is inspired by Professor Kremer’s research.)
If multiple partnerships save lives, then monogamy can be deadly. Imagine a country where almost all women are monogamous, while all men demand two female partners per year. Under those conditions, a few prostitutes end up servicing all the men. Before long, the prostitutes are infected; they pass the disease to the men; and the men bring it home to their monogamous wives. But if each of those monogamous wives was willing to take on one extramarital partner, the market for prostitution would die out, and the virus, unable to spread fast enough to maintain itself, might die out along with it.
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“But if each of those monogamous wives was willing to take on one extramarital partner, the market for prostitution would die out, and the virus, unable to spread fast enough to maintain itself, might die out along with it.”
“Die out” seems to be exaggerated for me. What about bachelors?
But I agree with the rest.
It’s more a capitalist bullshit than a pseudo-economic bullshit.
“To an economist, it’s clear why people with limited sexual pasts choose to supply too little sex in the present: Their services are underpriced.”
Blatant bullshit!
I agree that more conscious people about STDs tend to be more influenced by the CON-SERV-HATERS anti-propaganda, but the majority of the “people with limited sexual pasts ” supply not enough sex because they’re less sexually attractive than others.
anti-sex propaganda