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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Moderated by Jutta Allmendinger
It’s about much more than just physical beauty, and it can get you very far not only in private life, but also in your career: erotic capital, a term coined by British sociologist Catherine Hakim for a mixture of social and physical attractiveness. “Erotic capital”, Hakim states, “is what economists call a ‘personal asset,’ ready to take its place alongside economic, cultural, human and social capital.” To Hakim, this “nebulous but crucial” mixture of “sex appeal, beauty, charm and social skills, physical fitness and liveliness, skills in self-presentation and dress, and sexual competence” is just as important as other personal assets for social mobility and success. Women, Hakim holds, generally have more erotic capital than men and would be well placed to exploit it to get further ahead. To do so, though, they need to overcome allegedly moral obstacles, since ironically both patriarchal perspectives and feminist theories inhibit women from capitalizing on this specific asset. However erotic capital can be just as valuable as qualifications.
Catherine Hakim is a Sociologist in the Complexity Group at the London School of Economics and worked formerly as Principal Research Officer in the British Department of Employment and as Director of the Economic and Social Research Council Data Archive. Well-known for her preference theory seeking to predict women’s employment and childbearing decisions, Hakim’s overall research focuses on the labor market, women’s issues, and research methods.
In cooperation with Campus Verlag, Frankfurt a.M.
Information on participating / attending:
The WZB provides child care during the lecture. If you are interested, please respond by August 31, 2011, indicating the number of children and their age to Marie Unger, marie.unger@wzb.eu
Date:
09/12/2011 17:00 - 09/12/2011 20:00
Registration deadline:
08/08/2011
Event venue:
Reichpietschufer 50, Raum A 300
10785 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Psychology, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
08/04/2011
Sender/author:
Dr. Paul Stoop
Department:
Informations- und Kommunikationsreferat
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event36183
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