Question

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Which of the following is true about women have increasingly more power in the sex for procreation market?

a)Women extract less payment from men

b)Women will practice less ‘quality control’ and will compromise more

d)The Male to Female (M/F) ratio is falling

e)Males are subject to more stringent legal obligations around paternal responsibilities

In a Demand/Supply model of sexual behavior that was presented in class.The horizontal axis measures heterosexual sex, the Demand curve represents males, the Supply curve represents females, and the vertical axis measures the price that females can exact from males in exchange for sex. What is the most likely consequence of females having increased access to contraception, coupled with an increasingly liberal attitude towards sex by males?

1)an increase in the price of exchange

2)a decrease in the price of exchange

3)an increase in the prevalence

4)a decrease in the prevalence

Among monkeys, if sex is a normal good then, all else equal, _____

1)more bananas means lustful monkeys

2)more bananas means less sexually satisfied monkeys

3)more grooming by males means more sexually satisfied monkeys

4)more necessary grooming by males makes monkeys want less sex

Answer 1

1. The statement (d) is true, the male to female ratio is falling throughout the world as better health care services are emerging in developing countries too.

2. The statement (3) is true ; an increase in the prevalence as now more and more contraception methods are coming into the market, easily accessible and the liberal attitude of men towards sex is also increasing.

3. The answer is (1).

Among monkeys, if sex is a normal good, so as income increases, demand for sex increases, income for monkey is their bananas. So as bananas Consumption increases, sex demand rises.

Therefore, more bananas means lustful monkeys.