If you like, you can deal with the “if.” Are girls more interested in being “good girls” than boys are interested in being “good boys?” I.e, do men have this aura of privilege where they expect women to say “yes” to them, whereas men do not feel the same obligation to say “yes” to women nearly as often, on average?

I believe that to be true, so I’m more interested in a discussion about the consequences of that trend. For example, is it easier for men to pressure women into doing something (such as having sex). Can women even pressure men at all? Do men and women use different strategies to pressure the other? What are those strategies?

Why do men feel more privileged when it comes to expecting things from women? I’m looking for answers with specifics, not something like “they were raised that way.” What happening during childhood that caused this effect?

At what ages does this sense of privilege kick in for different types of men? I.e, what are the characteristics of men who feel and act on this privilege the earliest, and what are the traits and experience of men for whom it kicks in later, and how do we explain the men who never get this sense of privilege over women?

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