Economy of sex: supply and demand?
If you know anything about economics, you are familiar with supply and demand. It means something of value is desired and in demand. Then supply is how much the market can offer said desired/demand.
It doesn’t sound all that romantic but many consider dating, sex, and marriage as part of the “sexual economy” and apparently sex is a cheap commodity.
I recently read an article that said society puts a price tag on sex. We may or may not realize it, but we participate in it. Interestingly enough, with so many casual hook ups, friends with benefits, it’s complicated type of “situations” – we somehow have a twist on supply and demand in the sex market. Sex is easy to get and individuals aren’t always looking to exchange it for marriage or relationships.
Now, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Does it depend on what you want?
If you don’t like the current climate of the sex market, what do you do?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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516 comments Add your comment
Celisea
June 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
£
Unknown
June 29th, 2011
4:57 pm
Is Chinese seoul food anything like what they serve in American Deli? It’s funny because Ion neva see no Mericans in there werkin
Dynamic
June 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
SlimNumeroUno
June 29th, 2011
4:59 pm
I can’t wait to see what’s going to happen tomorrow….check all yall good peeps later.
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:01 pm
10 pages…woo hoo….
Purple Rain
June 29th, 2011
5:01 pm
Leggs, I am an hour behind and my clock is not syncd.
Celisea™ ;)
June 29th, 2011
5:01 pm
One more
Exiled!
June 29th, 2011
5:02 pm
Bring ur pink CT back tmrw SlimNu
U too Celisea
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:02 pm
I’m loving the cheat sheet…I’ve seen it posted a gazillion times but printed this time. I’m gonna be an emoticon fool
Leggs
June 29th, 2011
5:03 pm
Ok, you get a pass.
Thanks for all the laughs ALL DAY!
PEACE~
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:04 pm
I don’t see the one for songs/singing
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:04 pm
:O
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:05 pm
Cool! Thanks for the cheat sheet, Swiss.
Purple Rain
June 29th, 2011
5:05 pm
Great day!
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:06 pm
Hilarious day!
Leggs
June 29th, 2011
5:06 pm
I’ll send you the singing one tomorrow, Celisea. It was posted a long time ago and I cut and pasted it into my quote folder.
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:07 pm
Okay…thanks Leggs
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:11 pm
Hey Swiss….what’s the code for drinks? I know back in the olden days we used \~/ for shots….
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:12 pm
ITL – You been here before?
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:13 pm
un-uh, Celisea. I meant “olden days” as in AOL chatrooms. : D
Kaiser Swiss-e
June 29th, 2011
5:14 pm
ITL — The emoticons are limited to those supported by whatever version of Wordpress this POS blog is running. Doubt it supports emoticons for lovely beverages.
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:15 pm
Have mercy, the hours I wasted chatting with folks (mainly guys who just wanted to get in my cyber pants!)
Leggs
June 29th, 2011
5:15 pm
Dang, that’s smart for shots = \~/ I likey.
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:16 pm
Gotcha ITL
Purple Rain
June 29th, 2011
5:16 pm
Swiss, you didn’t think Iw as going to leave you alone in here with ITL and Celisea did you? LOL
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:17 pm
PR – Glad someone is still here after 5:00 today…I’ll be here another 30 or 45 minutes. Hey I did get a lot done inspite of my laughing
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:18 pm
He was hoping you would, PR.
Kaiser Swiss-e
June 29th, 2011
5:18 pm
Of course not, Purp. That’s why I left instructions on the camcorder.
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:19 pm
That’s cause he’s my email/blog boo. Can I say that?
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:20 pm
I’m operating the camera. No shots in front of
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:20 pm
Hey Leggs, I’m buying the first round…. \~/ \~/ \~/ \~/ \~/
Did i miss anyone?
Purple Rain
June 29th, 2011
5:20 pm
LOL, Swiss I need a helmet cam!
ITL, I mean the numbers are now even.
Purple Rain
June 29th, 2011
5:21 pm
Celisea, yeah it’s okay. We don’t care. LOL
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:21 pm
According to this blog the 3 is a good, nicely rounded number
Okay let me stop. I know I know…it’s after 5 
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:21 pm
LOL@ the helmet cam.
Leggs
June 29th, 2011
5:22 pm
Thanks ITL, I’ll take 3 of those 5 shots (yeah, I’m greedy).
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:22 pm
Cause you know we’re in the company of others
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:23 pm
Now THAT was funny, Cel. But what if it’s not 3??? It could be more….
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:23 pm
ITL – Hey, I’m counting 5…
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:24 pm
Dang, Leggs!! I guess Swiss and Purp will have to share…. I’ll get them bendy straws. LOLOLOL
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:25 pm
Cel, I thought you meant 3 as in MCH, Wifey, and UGA. D’oh…it’s been a long day.
Leggs
June 29th, 2011
5:26 pm
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:26 pm
LOLOLOLOL….ITL, that was funny. I was talking real life, not make believe. Nothing 3 folks can do that are non existence or not much progess can be made with a dual organ and 3 folks to get off with that.
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:28 pm
existent
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:29 pm
Bwahahaha!! I am so confused….definitely need another drink. Purp, Swiss….y’all okay over there or do you need me top off your drink?
Purple Rain
June 29th, 2011
5:29 pm
Ok, a man should not drink out of a straw at a bar. LOL
Celisea, I am sure 2038 has already happened is some minds.
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:30 pm
Not true, Purp. I saw lots of guys drinking from straws at Wet Willie’s this weekend.
Into the Light
June 29th, 2011
5:31 pm
Maybe we should adjourn to the Daiquiri Factory….
Leggs
June 29th, 2011
5:31 pm
@ITL ~ silly question. They don’t need you top off their drinks…they need you to top them off.
Sorry, couldn’t resist!
Celisea™
June 29th, 2011
5:32 pm
ITL – 3 nonexisting people can rub nothing up against nothing and 3 folks total 1 hermaphodite can’t accomplish too much either.
PR – I’m sure. And if not in their minds, I’m sure they’re thinking in ours. But we’re email/blog boos so we ain’t gotta sweat what folks think or perceive.