Reminds me of this: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0361684319871913
In short. The higher the social status of the woman compared to the man, the more likely the man is to sexually objectify her. Wheras women aren’t more likely to do this based on relative status.
Objectification is defined as reducing a person to solely looks and sexual function.
Similar stuff is seen in primates. Females are easier targets to assert dominance over. Since they are physically weaker. Male long tail maqacues losing their status, would seek out younger/weaker targets to establish dominance over. Something that was interesting too, is that female maqacues with more masculine facial features, were less often subjected to dominance seeking behaviour (from both males and females if I recall correctly) than females with more feminine faces.
It seems to boil down to “who can I dominate with little risk?” Female? Easy. Big male? Stupid idea. Young male? No problem. Male of equal size? Potentially.
Economists are the least moral people from any field. My economist friend agrees. They see money as a number, not as a resource people need to survive.
An economist may agree with the statement: “A starving honebee requires more honey to recover than it will produce in its life. Therefore saving it is a waste.”
What the statement lacks, is context. Why is the bee starving to begin with? They eat nectar from flowers. So there aren’t enough around. Humans are good at mowing their lawns and placing tiles in their gardens instad of anything useful. Another part is, where is their honey? The bee’s life saving they use to survive winter? Who took it? The humans. And who has the audacity to define the life of a single bee by it’s ability to produce honey? The human.
Now swap worker bee with working class, human with the rich, and honey with money.
“Oh these people require medical aid? As if their labour is worth the investment in ther health!”
Remember, any person providing a service to society, is a valuable person. Be it store cleric or garbage man.