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Catherine Hakim
LSE sociologist best known for her theory of “erotic capital”. Author of Honey Money and The New Rules: Internet Dating, Playfairs and Erotic Power
Catherine Hakim is an expert on women’s employment perhaps best known for her theory of “erotic capital” and is currently a Professorial Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Civil Society.

Catherine Hakim is an expert on women’s employment perhaps best known for her theory of “erotic capital” and is currently a Professorial Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Civil Society.
Catherine Hakim Videos

The Secret Life of Desire
Is desire a consequence of scarcity and denial?

Desiring and being desired
Navigating power in #MeToo

Sex Machines
The place of sex in our lives

Victims and Conquerors
Prostitutes or clients, who holds the power?
Catherine Hakim Articles
More Videos

Selling Ourselves
The body as a commodity

Living Differently
Embracing new romantic norms

Women on Top
Gender equality and positions of power

Family Futures
The rise of the post-nuclear family

Love Incorporated
Can we measure our emotions?

The Prejudice of Intellectuals
Beauty, intellect, and power

Desiring and being desired
Navigating power in #MeToo
More Articles
The Politics of Pleasure
Literary Bad Sex
Conquer Your Love!
What Are Love and Sex? Eight Answers from Philosophy
On Being Naked and Having Sex
Why Sexual Morality Doesn't Exist
Being With Others
Sex, Lies and Revolution
Prostitution and the Right to Choose
What Do You Do When You're Alone
Decoupling sex
The Good Life in the 21st Century: Living Single
Zhana Vrangalova on The Science of Good Sex
The Phenomenology of Desire and Orgasm
Legislating Love
The Boundaries of the Body
The changing face of love
Infidelity: A Stoic's Perspective
Porn and the sexual imagination
The Sex Lives of Philosophers
Manufacturing Love
Divorce is the New Death
Simone de Beauvoir on incel extremism
Dating Nietzsche: Love vs Power
The Sexuality of Asexuality
Love is close to madness

The unexpected intimacy of sex work

Philosophy is an erotic endeavor

Change your self, change your friends

The limits of consent