Author: Antonio U.

1. Abstract

This essay presents a strictly economic analysis of marriage as a transactional framework for sexual access, with particular focus on scenarios where religious constraints prohibit premarital relations and contraception is not utilized. By calculating the approximate financial commitment associated with inevitable pregnancy and child-rearing against the estimated frequency of sexual encounters before conception, we derive a “cost per climax” metric. This figure is then compared with alternative arrangements, specifically premium sexual tourism, to evaluate relative economic efficiency. The analysis deliberately isolates sexual gratification as the primary benefit metric while acknowledging the numerous non-monetary dimensions of marriage that this framework excludes. This approach reveals stark economic inefficiencies when marriage is viewed through this narrowly defined transactional lens, suggesting that traditional marriage must provide substantial non-monetary benefits to explain its continued prevalence despite unfavorable economics when reduced to this particular metric.