Mountain Lion
03-08-2008, 07:19 PM
I just received a BRIDGE Report: Key Sexuality Resources in Chinese (in English and Chinese, and can be accessed through the link at the bottom) and one of the resources offered in the report discusses the construction of masculine identity in Chinese male sex workers. Quite an original topic, considering most of the offered sources are looking at the issues confronting Chinese women:
Fang Gang, 2007, Masculinities in the Relationship between Male sex workers and Female Clients, Ph.D thesis
How do male sex workers practice their masculinity in contemporary China? In most cases, the clients of male sex workers are men, but in some areas and clubs women are the main clients. Based on his field work in a night-club in Shenzhen among one group of male sex workers selling sex to females, the author argues that there is no fixed masculinity among male sex workers. The author emphasises the fluidity of the sex workers’ masculinities according to context. The informants’ geographical locations in terms of both hometown and Shenzhen (working place), and social factors such as family, love-relationship, peers, and the local culture of sex work all influence the types of masculinities they practice. The author points out that male sex workers negotiate their relationships with their female clients, using strategies to interact with them according to female clients’ different femininities and needs. Among factors that shape the ways in which these masculinities are performed are economic power relations and traditional male-dominated gender and sexual power relationships.
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- New BRIDGE Report: Key Sexuality Resources in Chinese (in English and Chinese), Huang, Y., February 2008
How do young Chinese women perceive their bodies and their sexuality? How do male sex workers construct and act out their masculinity in contemporary China? These are just some of the compelling questions explored in this resource, which presents twenty publications in Chinese and English that focus on different aspects of sexuality and sexual rights in China: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Fang Gang, 2007, Masculinities in the Relationship between Male sex workers and Female Clients, Ph.D thesis
How do male sex workers practice their masculinity in contemporary China? In most cases, the clients of male sex workers are men, but in some areas and clubs women are the main clients. Based on his field work in a night-club in Shenzhen among one group of male sex workers selling sex to females, the author argues that there is no fixed masculinity among male sex workers. The author emphasises the fluidity of the sex workers’ masculinities according to context. The informants’ geographical locations in terms of both hometown and Shenzhen (working place), and social factors such as family, love-relationship, peers, and the local culture of sex work all influence the types of masculinities they practice. The author points out that male sex workers negotiate their relationships with their female clients, using strategies to interact with them according to female clients’ different femininities and needs. Among factors that shape the ways in which these masculinities are performed are economic power relations and traditional male-dominated gender and sexual power relationships.
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- New BRIDGE Report: Key Sexuality Resources in Chinese (in English and Chinese), Huang, Y., February 2008
How do young Chinese women perceive their bodies and their sexuality? How do male sex workers construct and act out their masculinity in contemporary China? These are just some of the compelling questions explored in this resource, which presents twenty publications in Chinese and English that focus on different aspects of sexuality and sexual rights in China: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.