It's definitely men trying to navigate the system. Absolutely no man wants to be with a whore if holding all else constant he was just choosing between a whore and a non-whore.
The big problem though comes back to physical appearance and sexuality. In modernity, if a woman is somewhat sexually appealing and good looking, it's almost all but a guarantee she's a whore. If she's sexy, hot and not a whore she's pretty much a 10/10 and out of most men's league.
So the choice for a lot of men is ugly and not sexy regular woman or hot and sexy reformed slut/whore. A lot of guys would actually rather roll the dice with the reformed slut/whore because even if she divorce rapes you because you can't turn a whore into a housewife, at least he'll have good sex (the hope anyway) for the time he spends with her. To a lot of men the average not so attractive, not so sexy women who aren't whores and are available are entirely unappealing.
It's definitely men trying to navigate the system. Absolutely no man wants to be with a whore if holding all else constant he was just choosing between a whore and a non-whore.
The big problem though comes back to physical appearance and sexuality. In modernity, if a woman is somewhat sexually appealing and good looking, it's almost all but a guarantee she's a whore. If she's sexy, hot and not a whore she's pretty much a 10/10 and out of most men's league.
So the choice for a lot of men is ugly and not sexy regular woman or hot and sexy reformed slut/whore. A lot of guys would actually rather roll the dice with the reformed slut/whore because even if she divorce rapes you because you can't turn a whore into a housewife, at least he'll have good sex (the hope anyway) for the time he spends with her. To a lot of men the average not so attractive, not so sexy women who aren't whores and are available are entirely unappealing.