THE SECRET SEX
OF
MONEY
Forms of female dependence
ANDROGYNOUS 21
Credits
© Clara Coria
First published in Argentina in 1986
Original title:
El sexo oculto del dinero -
Formas de la dependencia femenina
First published in English with the title:
The secret sex of money -
Forms of female dependence
© Pensódromo S.L., 2021
English translation copyright © Mark Lodge
Editor: Henry Odell - [email protected]
Cover design: Cristina Martínez Balmaceda - Pensódromo
ISBN: 978-84-124690-0-4
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Work published under the “Sur” Support Program to Translations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic.
Obra editada en el marco del Programa “Sur” de Apoyo a las Traducciones del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto de la República Argentina.
Table of Content
Origins
I. Women’s economic dependence
Money and sex: a fundamental transgression (modesty, shame and guilt)
II. The benefits of economic dependence in women
The primary gain: anxiety versus freedom experienced as transgression
The secondary gains of economic dependence
Protection: a seductive siren’s call…
A suggestive triad: “small” money, restricted space and indiscriminate time
III. Love and money: maternal altruism versus manly speculation?
A female paradigm: the maternal ideal
“Mr Money is a mighty gentleman”
IV. Money in a marital partnership
A partnership in which some people are more equal than others
V. A particular distribution of power: The kids are mine and the money is yours
Are children, as instruments of power, equal to money?
The myth of the “hidden power”
VI. Men and the accumulation of money