Sexual Economy

   During the ancient times, barter system was the trading system used by people to exchange their goods for other goods. During that time, goods has no fixed tag price yet because money was not yet invented. So they had set a certain value in every of their products and exchanged it for other products with the same cost.

  Across the centuries this system was also adopted not only in economical aspects of their lives but also in finding a woman to marry with. A dowry was given to the parents of the woman in exchange for her hand. When a man could give enough dowry, it means that he all ready for marriage and he could be a great provider to her family.

   I was surfing the internet when I came across an article entitled "Economy of sex: It’s cheap these days", and there I had found that those systems are still existing  today. Adam Smith and Dr. Ruth also said that there is an economy underlying about sex. It seems strange but it is really amazing how people do that. Sex and relationship is some how an exchange. They give each other something of themselves.

   From the basic concept tradition and modern way of Filipino courting, a man is giving or doing something for woman. This is because he wants to get the affection of the lady. This explains how sexual economy works. In order to enter a relationship, exchanges takes place. This is one of the factor  that would affect woman attention.

   Whether you believe it or not, women choose partner based on what they could offer to them. Just take a minute to think, who is the one that women will choose? A handsome guy which is as poor as rat or a not so handsome guy that could give her everything that she wants.