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sexual capital

sexual capital noun: the social power an individual or group accrues as a result of their sexual attractiveness and social charm.

Noun

sexual capital (uncountable)

  1. The social power an individual or group accrues as a result of their sexual attractiveness and social charm.
    • In fact, in the era when Christianity was dominant, women were by default defined by a sort of sexual capital, namely by chastity.2022, Dana Kaplan, Eva Illouz, What is Sexual Capital?, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    erotic capital

Synonyms of sexual capital

Origin of sexual capital

Popularized by sociologist Catherine Hakim.

Questions about sexual capital

What does sexual capital mean?
Sexual capital means the social power an individual or group accrues as a result of their sexual attractiveness and social charm.
What part of speech is sexual capital?
Sexual capital is a noun.

Words near sexual capital in the dictionary

  1. sexual appetite
  2. sexual appetites
  3. sexual assault
  4. sexual assaults
  5. sexual cannibalism
  6. sexual capital
  7. sexual climax
  8. sexual complex
  9. sexual complexes
  10. sexual congress
  11. sexual dichromatism

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