Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom

My point is not to comment on the obvious fact that women often derive power through being the object of desire, while men derive it from being the one doing the desiring, but to explore the psychological reasons why such power can be sexually arousing to women.

Whereas most male promoters relied on their flirtatious charm to attract women to come out with them, women became promoters if they were well positioned within valuable social networks of girls.

This phenomenon captures a powerful sexual fantasy found in many people, though more often in women than men, that by seducing a powerful other, we can come to feel special and powerful ourselves.