SMV
🔴Manosphere originDefinition
Acronym for 'Sexual Market Value.' A manosphere concept that reduces human attractiveness and worth to a numerical score, usually on a 1-10 scale, based on physical appearance, wealth, and status.
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SMV stands for 'Sexual Market Value' and it's the idea that everyone can be ranked on a numerical scale of desirability. It comes from communities that treat dating like an economics problem. If your kid is talking about SMV seriously, they're consuming content that teaches them to reduce people to numbers. That's not great for how they see themselves or others.
Came from: Pickup artist (PUA) forums (2000s) → red pill / manosphere communities
Examples
“His SMV is like a 4 max”
“He's only a 4 out of 10 in attractiveness (reducing someone to a number)”
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Last Verified
2026-02-25
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