Gay sex tourism
‘Western Union Daddies’ and Their Quest for Authenticity: An Ethnographic Study of the Dominican Gay Sex Tourism Industry
Summary
Research Direction:male sex serve in the Dominican Republic ｜ gay sex tourism and its impact ｜ sexual commoditization in tourism
INTRODUCTION
This paper focuses on the phenomenon of sex tourism in the Dominican Republic, particularly the interactions between Dominican male sex workers and foreign gay tourists. It begins with a description of Charlie's exclude, which is emblematic of this type of sex tourism. The bar's owner, Simon, a gay British expatriate, presides over activities such as tourists soliciting sex workers, police extortion, and the complex relationships that develop. The investigate aims to understand the process of sexual commoditization in the sex tourism industry and its intersection with the subjective experiences of sex workers and clients, using a multi-method approach.
METHODOLOGY
The research involved three years of multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork from 1999 to 2001. The methodology was both qualitative and quantitative, with three basic phases. The first phase identified and mapped the areas and social spaces wh
Sex Tourism in Dominican Republic
A main section of the tourism industry in Boca Chica revolves around the tourists seeking out sex from the local population. There are moments in interviews where people acknowledge that an aspect of this desire stems from the view of the local population as “exotic”. The local population seems to be aware that this is a reason for the sex tourism industry. But traveling explicitly for purchasing sex from someone that they observe as a racial other is an important aspect of this transaction. Furthermore, there also seems to be an explicit connection to be made between modern sex tourism and the traveling of Frenchmen to Algeria. Similar climates and an expressed interest in sex with a racialized other being the clearest. Traveling to warmer and more "exotic" locales creates the opportunity for the white tourist to justify their racist exploits as a part of traveling, like the Frenchmen who saw painting and sketching exoticized and eroticized images of a racial other as a legitimate part of their journey.
This photograph highlights what might be an unusual sight for some, but what is normal for the beaches of Boca Chica. Statistics regarding
Fare Tales and Fairy Tails: How Gay Sex Tourism is Shaping the Brazilian Dream
Abstract
This article analyzes the aspirations of michês, straight-identified Brazilian men who exchange sex for money with bisexual and gay-identified male sex tourists from North America and Western Europe. In so doing, I contrast the exoticizing fantasies of the tourists with the consumerist daydreams of the michês, who often see sex work with men as one of the few routes accessible to them for consumer consumption and possible migration. Contrary to existing investigate on Brazilian sex workers, my findings demonstrate that, for the michês, the ability to participate in consumer culture occupies their minds far more than discussions of sex or AIDS.
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Gregory (2010) "Fare Tales and Fairy Tails: How Same-sex attracted Sex Tourism is Shaping the Brazilian Dream," Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Present at: https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/wagadu/vol8/iss1/5
Gay for pay
by Mark S. Luckie
The female prostitutes stood outside of the "VIP" door of Chester's nightclub in Accra with their arms folded. The aqua blue light coming from inside revealed the agitated look on their faces.
David, an immigrant from Liberia, knew VIP was code for "gay only" and sauntered into the club, much to the chagrin of the high-heeled women outside.
Within minutes, David made eye contact with most of the men in the club and decided who his next customer would be.
Ghanaians are known for their enterprising spirit and using their resources to sustain themselves financially. For some men that means selling the only resource they have—their bodies.
At clubs like Chester's and places like Labadi Beach, male prostitutes discreetly offer their services to willing gay customers. They perform various sexual services for a price though they may not be gay themselves.
Most charge about 200,000 cedi or roughly 20 bucks for oral sex and more for anal or unprotected sex.
"They can be very amorous and passionate and a lot of fun. But this is a occupation for them. A profession that some are very good at, and others are not so much into anything except the payc
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