There's another comment of mine below that explains it better. The commenter says that they don't see much of a social ill in marketizing attention. I'm asking whether they see much of a social ill in marketizing affection and if so why. I believe the answer would expose some degree of hypocrisy or require them to state that they don't believe dowries are a social ill. It's an analogy to illustrate why (I believe) the commodification of our attention is a social ill.