Can erotic capital subvert masculine economy? Aesthetic work and the post-feminist approach to economics / ¿Puede el capital erótico subvertir la economía masculina? Aesthetic work y el enfoque postfeminista hacia la economía

Abstract

The aim of this article is to elucidate whether and how the theory of erotic capital may function as a feminist tool to subvert the hierarchies and relations in current economy in favour of the empowerment and liberation of women. Thus, by analyzing the ways in which white, liberal feminism directly constructs its claims and petitions through the absorption of liberal epistemological dogmas, we intend to search the direct relation between the ideology developed by white, cisgender feminists and liberal economics and politics. This article demonstrates how a theory of erotic capital does not lead to a feminist subversion of economy, but reinforces the liberal economic and political system that relies on a masculine and androcentric epistemology. The subjectivity that women can achieve through the exploitation of erotic capital is only as consumers and not as productive agents. El objetivo de este articulo es arrojar luz sobre si el capital erotico puede ser considerado una herramienta feminista para la subversion de las jerarquias y relaciones economicas y favorecer una liberacion de las mujeres. Para ello, observaremos como el feminismo blanco y liberal, ha construido sus peticiones sin cuestionar los principios fundamentales de la economia liberal con el objetivo de demostrar la relacion que existe entre el feminismo blanco liberal cisgenero y el sistema politico-economico liberal. Este articulo demuestra que la implementacion del capital erotico no conduce a una subversion feminista de la economia, sino que fortalece el sistema economico y politico liberal que se fundamenta en una epistemologia masculina y androcentrica. La subjetividad a la que acceden las mujeres por medio del capital erotico es en clave de consumidoras.