Sex tourism

Do women do it too

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11436166
AutoresSheila Jeffreys (The University of Melbourne, autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen22
Número3
Páginas223-238
Fecha de publicación2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLeisure Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0261-4367 • E-ISSN: 1466-4496
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/026143603200075452
OpenAlexW2055969567
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas57
Referencias citadas14

This article examines a recent tendency amongst researchers of sex tourism to include women within the ranks of sex tourists in destinations such as the Caribbean and Indonesia. It argues that a careful attention to the power relations, context, meanings and effects of the behaviours of male and female tourists who engage in sexual relations with local people, makes it clear that the differences are profound. The similarities and differences are analysed here with the conclusion that it is the different positions of men and women in the sex class hierarchy that create such differences. The political ideas that influence the major protagonists in this debate to include or exclude women will be examined. The article ends with a consideration of the problematic implications of arguing that women do it too

Context (archaeology · Destinations · Gender relations · Geography · Hierarchy · Human sexuality · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Tourism · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology