Torras-Gómez, ElisabethLópez de Aguileta Jaussi, AnePuigvert, LídiaFlecha, RamónBordanoba-Gallego, LidiaRacionero, Sandra2025-04-032025-04-032024-06-252014-3575https://hdl.handle.net/2445/220230Research has explored the role of capitalist markets in the configuration of society and as social determinants. However, some niche markets have been taken by a form of capital, conceptualized as “predatory”, that has sought maximum benefit without caring for the social consequences of their activity on beauty, ugliness, freedom, and the overcoming of gender violence. This study addresses this gap by examining how “predatory capital” exploits various aspects of human life, including relationships, art, and music, by promoting ugliness over beauty. (...)15 p.application/pdfengcc-by (c) Torras-Gomez, Elisabeth et al., 2024http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/MasclismeEstudis de gènereViolènciaPreus predatorisMachismoGender studiesViolencePredatory pricingDefying Predatory Capital: Embracing Beauty Resisting Ugliness and Striving for Freedominfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7563102025-04-03info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess