Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Honey Money by Catherine Hakim | The Sunday Times

Hakim, too, thinks that the male sex deficit should be filled; it's just that women ought to be driving a much harder bargain for it. She sees the deficit as a great opportunity for women to exploit their potential power over men. Both in their private lives and in the marketplace, women must learn to be much more calculating. Above all, they mustn't submit to male and social pressure to give this stuff away for love, or for free.

The bargaining starts in relationships, where women have to learn to ask for more from their partners in return for access to sex. Why? Remarkably, largely because it will improve their negotiating skills at work. Hakim thinks if you can't get a better return for your erotic capital from a man who claims to love you, you'll never strike deals in the workplace either. "Confidence and bargaining skills begin at home, like much else."


---SPSmith

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