I would relate this double-standard back to Victorian morality and explain how most of the educated world has moved on from it.
LOL. I think its ingrained into human nature and for good reason. It is present in all societies across time.
And its due to the fact that only women get pregnant. And that it also takes a lot of effort to raise a child. And women have to bear this more often than not. And that this has real costs that have large inescapable burdens.
If only this were true. I know that in certain areas of the country (I am thinking the evangelical South) the slut/whore thing is alive and well even among educated young adults.
I read an article recently about ivy league women doing the same thing. The author was pretty upset that "feminism" had paved the way for women to dress up just to attract men. Meow.
Some responses are hardwired in human beings. We cannot control what we want, only how we respond.
