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Thank you for quoting and sharing those articles, that's very interesting to know!

I'd never heard of a 'NEET' before, but it does seem like those types of men who would be more dependent on people in general. Much of their reliance on women seem related to caregiving of all manner, so it would behoove them to spend more time doing that and learning how to be better caregivers themselves (just doing it!).

Based on what you and others have shared, the reliance of either sex on the other beyond matters of reproduction all seems to boil down to needs of companionship, general social stimulation and sex-based or sex role-based expectations. The first two needs could be more based on our needs as social creatures, whereas the latter is only related to sex based on stereotypes. If humanity was totally sexless, then the first two points would stand, and the sex-based ones couldn't exist. Really, then, beyond reproductive purposes, it seems like the only true need women and men have for each other is based on sex stereotypes and sex role expectations. As long as we are sexed, we'll have needs of companionship and social interaction perhaps with people of specific sexes, but only because women and men exist. So maybe someone of one sex may need someone of the opposite sex for something, but there are people who maybe don't need someone of that sex at all, or maybe even anyone of their same sex.