Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
סוציולוגיה ישראלית
Angaben zur Quelle:
כ, 1 (תשעט) 50-73
Keywords:
Sex tourism
;
Sex role
;
Masculinity Social aspects
;
Male domination (Social structure)
Abstract:
This paper documents the scene of Israeli male sex tourists in Pattaya,Thailand, where they seek to rehabilitate a masculine domination they feel theyhave lost because of women’s unduly power and excessive demands. Fieldworkand interviews with sixty tourists in this hub of the global sex tourism industryreveal a strong sense of inferiority regarding their appearance, economic situation, and sexual competence, and a strong resentment towards Israeli women, for havingallegedly impaired their capacity for manhood. The tourists, frustrated by cumulativeexperiences of failure and constant criticism from women, seek temporary escape inthe sex vacation abroad, where they can cash in on the global economic disparitiesthat render it cheap and available. There, they try to realize fantasies of unchallengedpatriarchal masculinity through the performance of hyper-masculinity, domination,violence, and women’s subordination. The analysis interprets these practices in lightof the tension between women’s increased power and men’s growing difficultiesin acting as main breadwinners, and of the conflicting expectations from men tocontinue to show sexual and economic capacities, while demonstrating sensitivityand gender egalitarianism.
Note:
With an English abstract.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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