Mobile men with money’

The socio‐cultural and politico‐economic context of ‘high‐risk’ behaviour among wealthy businessmen and government officials in urban China

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15098640
AutoresElanah Uretsky (0000-0002-9842-6338, Yale University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen10
Número8
Páginas801-814
Fecha de publicación2008-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691050802380966
PMID18975228
PMCIDPMC4058499
OpenAlexW2074483808
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas28

China's transition from an injection drug-driven HIV epidemic to one primarily transmitted through sexual contact has triggered concern over the potential for HIV to move into the non-drug-injecting population. Much discussion has focused on the migrant men of China's vast 'floating population' who are considered a high-risk group. As a result, many men who frequently engage in high-risk behaviour but are not included in this especially vulnerable group are evading HIV prevention messages. This paper highlights the socio-cultural and politico-economic factors that motivate many of China's wealthy businessmen and government officials, sometimes referred to as 'mobile men with money', to engage in such behaviour. Examination of the activities related to the work of these men reveals a situation where the confluence of a market-oriented economy operating within a socialist-style political system under the influence of traditional networking practices has engendered a unique mode of patron-clientelism that brings them together over shared social rituals including feasting, drinking and female-centered entertainment that is often coupled with sexual services. As a result, consideration of the socio-cultural factors influencing these men's sexual practices is important for responding to the newly emerging stage of China's HIV epidemic

Business · China · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Law · Sex work and related issues