Sex and Money: Two Sacred Figures?

This article is based on two ethnographic fieldworks in the Paris region: the first one street prostitution, the second on multi-partner women and space. It examines the spending explicitly or implicitly involved in sexual exchange. The first section focuses on the circulation of currency in the first rendezvous. The second focuses on the gift and debt systems in sexuality and seduction. Transactional objects such as condoms can then be substituted for money to signify value and calculate debt. In addition to anthropological and sociological publications on the subject, Pierre Klossowski's La monnaie vivante (The Living Currency) will serve as a framework for interpreting the research. Adapted from the source document.