The Role Of Race In The Erotic Marketplace

Sexuality is socially constructed due to society standards and the erotic marketplace. The erotic marketplace is the way that people are structured and organized by their perceived sexual desirability (Wade, pg. 225). What this means is how society sees a person based on how sexy desired they are compared to others. The erotic marketplace was created by society based on what people find desirable. This stems from magazines and articles that promote things such as the sexist man or women of the year. Gender and attractiveness is also apart of this because women are valued for their appearance were as males don’t have to rely solely on look by making up for it though personality or assets. Race plays a role in the erotic marketplace. For example the black male is complicated, they are considered sexy, sexuality skilled, and hypermasculine, but …show more content…
For women contemporary rules mean young women between eighteen and twenty-five. Must be very attractive meaning pretty face, long hair, small size, a virgin, and low weight. Women under contemporary rules tend to have a lower intelligence score as well. As for males age really doesn’t matter appearance doesn’t really matter as long as they can make up for it in personality or assists. What society thinks as sexy is someone that is usually objectified and seen more as a sex object then a person. Unfortunately this is how society values majority of people based on these contemporary rules. Sexuality is socially constructed because of contemporary rules of sexuality and how society views sexy. Society views sexy when a person (usually a woman) is sexually objectified, meaning the person is reduced to just the sexual appeal. When people do this, young women tend to self-objectify meaning they internally tell themselves that their worth is based on their physical