sexual market value

noun

The value of a person in the dating market, based on physical attractiveness and other traits.

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Meanings

nounsexual market value (countable and uncountable, plural sexual market values)

plural sexual market values

  1. countableuncountableThe value of a person in the dating market, based on physical attractiveness and other traits.

    The sexual market value of the homosexual male to other homosexuals is the chief concern here: […]

    1979, Gordon Johnston, Which Way Out of the Men's Room?: Options for the Male Homosexual
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    They must learn to be sexually arousing and must evaluate their worth compared to the sexual market value of other women.

    1979, Edgar W. Butler, Traditional Marriage and Emerging Alternatives, New York: Harper & Row
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