 Groes-Green argues that sexual capital and other forms of bodily power become important resources among disenfranchised young men in Mozambique when their access to economic capital and jobs is diminished.Groes-Green further argues that the emergence of sexual capital is linked to gender relations, e.g.when poor young men build sexual capital by grooming their looks and improving sexual performance in order to satisfy female partners This puts the young poor men in competition with middle class peers and older so-called "sugar-daddies".