Erotic Capital

So, how much erotic capital do YOU have? | Mail Online

According to Dr Catherine Hakim, a doctor of sociology at the London School of Economics, Erotic Capital is the only calling-card you need to get ahead in life.

If you've got it, your earning potential rockets by up to 15 per cent, and your career prospects are as improved as they would be with a degree from a top university.

Naturally, every normal woman's response to this news is to sink a few inches deeper into the sofa. Most days, our best efforts amount to putting on a slap of moisturiser before breakfast. What hope do we have of generating our own Erotic Capital and improving our life prospects?

Plenty, according to Dr Hakim - who believes that if you're aren't born with it, you can learn to fake it till you make it.

EC, she insists, is not defined purely by beauty. It also encompasses social skills, 'sexual competence' - basically, not dancing like a chicken on a hot plate - and 'liveliness'.