SMV: The Brutal Economics of Dating

For a moment, step inside the most exciting and scary stock market in the world. It doesn’t just work on Wall Street; it works in every bar, coffee shop, university campus, and dating app on the planet. In this market, the money isn’t dollars or yen; it’s something much more basic: human desire. Everyone, whether they know it or not, is a publicly traded company. You have a value, which is the price of your stock that changes based on an invisible hand and can be calculated in milliseconds by looking across a crowded room or moving your thumb across a screen. Your Sexual Market Value, or SMV, is this “stock price” or value. It tells you what your options are, how much power you have to negotiate. People say that love is a mystery, something that comes from the heart, and a poetic dance of souls. But what if there is a harsh, unyielding economic system underneath all the romance? What if the cold, hard math of supply and demand, assets and liabilities controls attraction, courtship, and even love? For the next few minutes, I ask you to put aside the fairy tales and face a truth that is both scary and enlightening. We are about to reveal the secret economy of desire, break down the parts of your personal stock price, and learn about the market forces that determine who you can attract and why. This is not a trip for people who are easily scared. It takes the unemotional eye of an economist, the sharp mind of a psychologist, and the bravery to think about human connection in a way you may never have before. Welcome to the harsh world of dating.

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