Gezinski Lindsay B, Karandikar Sharvari, Levitt Alexis, Ghaffarian Roxane
a College of Social Work, University of Utah , Salt Lake City , USA.
b College of Social Work, The Ohio State University , Columbus , USA.
Cult Health Sex. 2016 Jul;18(7):785-98. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1124457. Epub 2016 Jan 13.
The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic content analysis of sex tour websites to understand how sex tours are marketed to potential clients. A total of 380 web pages from 21 sex tour websites were reviewed. The sex tour websites sought to promote privacy and hassle-free travel with a local 'escort' and the opportunity for 'hooks-ups' with no strings attached. Three themes emerged around the description of sex workers: (1) enjoyment and complete acceptance, (2) a 'total girlfriend experience' and (3) exoticisation of the 'Third World' woman. The majority of the sex tourism websites used marketplace mythologies concerning racism, sexism and imperialism to appeal to sex tourists' desires for fantasy experiences, power and domination, and a renewed sense of identity. Legal and STI-related information was largely missing from the websites, and when it was included it was aimed at protecting sex tourists, not sex workers. It is of importance for researchers, social workers and others engaging with sex workers and sexscapes to recognise the power of language, cultural myths and framings and their ability to generate real-world social and health implications.
本研究的目的是对性旅游网站进行系统的内容分析，以了解性旅游是如何向潜在客户进行营销的。共审查了来自21个性旅游网站的380个网页。性旅游网站试图宣传隐私以及与当地“陪同人员”轻松无忧的旅行，还有毫无附加条件“勾搭”的机会。围绕性工作者的描述出现了三个主题：（1）享受与完全接纳，（2）“完全女友体验”，（3）对“第三世界”女性的异域化。大多数性旅游网站利用有关种族主义、性别歧视和帝国主义的市场神话，来迎合性旅游者对幻想体验、权力和支配以及新的身份认同感的渴望。网站上基本没有法律和与性传播感染相关的信息，即便有也是旨在保护性旅游者，而非性工作者。对于研究人员、社会工作者以及其他与性工作者和性景观打交道的人来说，认识到语言、文化神话和框架的力量以及它们产生现实世界社会和健康影响的能力非常重要。
