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Erotic Capital
- The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom
- Narrated by: Lisa Cordileone
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
In 2010, pioneering sociologist Catherine Hakim shocked the world with a provocative new theory: In addition to the three recognized personal assets (economic, cultural, and social capital), each individual has a fourth asset - erotic capital - that he or she can, and should, use to advance within society.
In this bold and controversial book, Hakim explores the applications and significance of erotic capital, challenging the disapproval meted out to women and men who use sex appeal to get ahead in life. Social scientists have paid little serious attention to these modes of personal empowerment, despite overwhelming evidence of their importance. In Erotic Capital, Hakim marshals a trove of research to show that rather than degrading those who employ it, erotic capital represents a powerful and potentially equalizing tool - one that we scorn only to our own detriment.
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- Reginald pelle
- 11-05-18
Remarkable
Theoretically remarkable. Insightful and deeply explores the issues of sex and gender on all levels. Worth a listen.
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- Francis
- 23-04-23
Fascinating and important
Fascinating book on beauty, and social grace and talent more broadly, and the benefits which accrue to people who have it or cultivate it.
Good to see a phenomenon, elements of which are evident to the astute and thoughtful, developed more scientifically and using studies to support it.
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- dot_stockport
- 17-12-15
not sociology
I had 3 problems with this book.
1. lots of other peoples work and views are discussed but not attributed. it makes me nervous when she refers to nameless studies or generic feminists. Am i supposed to take her word for it?
2. this needed editing as it reads like a draft. it contains repetition and points do not naturally flow. it makes it difficult to follow.
3. there is a subjective "how things should be" implicit throughout and explicit at the end. by the logic of this book, japanese schoolgirls should seek to maximise their value as sex workers and rape is ok if the victim gets a gift. if a psychopath were to produce a theory on sex, this would be it.
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