Michel Foucault coined the term biopower to describe a new methodology and technique of power that is more engrossed onto the life of humans as self and as a collective. Biopower is a social constraint of struggle and power, where the main features of the natural life of a human being are interfered with in order to rationalize commands of authority over knowledge. This article explores the concept of biopower, its operation, and usefulness. It also discusses the relation of biopower to biopolitics, sexuality, and race.