What is Sexual Capital?

Product Information

a b Seilhamer, M.F. (2019). Gender, Neoliberalism and Distinction through Linguistic Capital: Taiwanese Narratives of Struggle and Strategy. Encounters. Channel View Publications. p.173. ISBN 978-1-78892-303-3 . Retrieved 20 October 2023. Second, the admirable success of the book is that the authors use the metaphor of sexual capital as both a historical variable and an analytical framework. On the one hand, sexual capital is not a fixed phenomenon since it manifests in historical forms of the blurring boundaries between the public and private spheres. On the other hand, the metaphor of sexual capital seems to function as a methodological tool as it helps scholars to scrutinize the interplay between the (seemingly) separate public sphere of economy and private domain of sex(uality). Bay-Cheng, Laina Y. (1 October 2015). "The Agency Line: A Neoliberal Metric for Appraising Young Women's Sexuality". Sex Roles. 73 (7): 279–291. doi: 10.1007/s11199-015-0452-6. ISSN 1573-2762. S2CID 143647756.

It discusses how the women develop and mobilize their sexual capital, using their bodies and sexual practices to constitute themselves as erotic Sexual capital (or erotic capital) is the social value an individual or social group gets as a function of their sexual attractiveness. Like other forms of economic capital, sexual capital can be converted to other forms of capital. [1] [2] [3] [4] Sexual capital can be useful in getting social or economic capital. [4] British sociologist Catherine Hakim first used the term "erotic capital", in the early 2000s. French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu had already defined other forms of capital, such as economic, cultural, or social capital. Hakim saw sexual capital as different. She says erotic capital is independent of class origin; for this reason, it enables social mobility. Hakim argues that this makes erotic capital socially subversive, which results in the prevailing power structures devaluing and trying to suppress it. [5] In the manosphere, the parallel term sexual market value or its abbreviation SMV is often used. [6] Dana Kaplan and Eva Illouz disentangle the current cultural politics of heterosexual life, arguing that sex – that messy amalgam of sexual affects and experiences – has increasingly assumed an economic character. Some may opt for plastic surgery to beautify their face or body, while others may consume popular sex advice or attend seduction classes. Beyond particular practices such as these, the authors trace an emerging form of "neoliberal" sexual capital, which is the ability to glean self-appreciation from sexual encounters and to use this self-value to foster employability, as exemplified by Silicon Valley sex parties. a b Hakim, Catherine (6 September 2011). Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-02747-7. Grammer, Karl; Thornhill, Randy (1994). "Human (Homo sapiens) facial attractiveness and sexual selection: The role of symmetry and averageness". Journal of Comparative Psychology. 108 (3): 233–242. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.108.3.233. ISSN 1939-2087. PMID 7924253. S2CID 1205083.The term erotic capital was first used by British sociologist Catherine Hakim in the early 2000s. Hakim defined it as separate from and building upon French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of economic, cultural, and social capital. She says erotic capital is independent of class origin and enables social mobility, and argues that this makes erotic capital socially subversive, which results in the prevailing power structures devaluing and trying to suppress it. [3] In the manosphere, the parallel term sexual market value or its abbreviation SMV is often used. [4] Definition [ edit ] Economic [ edit ]

Capital University does not discriminate against students, faculty or staff based on sex in any of its programs or activities, including but not limited toa b c d e f Hakim, Catherine (2010). "Erotic capital". European Sociological Review. 26 (5): 499–518. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcq014. S2CID 198118608. Farrer, James C. (2010). "A foreign adventurer's paradise? Interracial sexuality and alien sexual capital in reform era Shanghai". Sexualities. 13 (1): 69–95. doi: 10.1177/1363460709352726. S2CID 144501924.