The Sociology & Anthropology Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University.
J Sex Res. 2024 Sep;61(7):1073-1084. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2175346. Epub 2023 Feb 15.
This study examined the internal moral debate that takes place among Israeli men who pay for sex (MWPS) while traveling abroad. We explored how they construct their sense of moral worth and present themselves as moral subjects in light of the intensified stigmatization of their actions. Using the theoretical frameworks of and , we conceptualize four main moral justification regimes that MWPS use to construct themselves as moral subjects: . The findings highlight how these justification regimes are anchored in three intersecting fields - cultural, spatial, and power relations - which produce various matrices of conflict, compromise, or collaboration in different situations. Thus, the flexible switching between various justification regimes reveals how MWPS define themselves and their activities and negotiate various moral dispositions - akin to various cultural logics - in the context of moral taint and stigma.
这项研究考察了在国外嫖娼的以色列男性（MWPS）内心的道德辩论。我们探讨了他们如何在自己行为受到强烈污名化的情况下，构建自己的道德价值感，并将自己呈现为道德主体。我们借鉴 和 的理论框架，将 MWPS 用来将自己构建为道德主体的四种主要的道德辩护机制概念化： 。研究结果突出了这些辩护机制如何根植于文化、空间和权力关系三个相互交织的领域，这些领域在不同情况下产生了各种冲突、妥协或合作的矩阵。因此，在各种辩护机制之间灵活切换，揭示了 MWPS 如何在道德污点和污名的背景下，定义自己和自己的行为，并协商各种道德倾向——类似于各种文化逻辑。
