Men that Buy Inequality: Critical Analysis of Sex Buyers’ Discourse on Prostituted Women and Girls Hombres que compran desigualdad: análisis crítico del discurso de los sujetos prostituyentes sobre mujeres y niñas prostituidas
Abstract Over the centuries, prostitution has been problematised from many sides, with women always at the centre of the debate. However, its dynamics cannot be understood without the demand side of the equation. Why are there men that pay for prostitution to exist? The purpose of this paper is to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Catalan |
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Universitat Jaume I
2019-12-01
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Series: | Asparkía |
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Online Access: | http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/asparkia/article/view/3757/3367 |
Summary: | Abstract
Over the centuries, prostitution has been problematised from many sides, with women
always at the centre of the debate. However, its dynamics cannot be understood without the demand side of the equation. Why are there men that pay for prostitution to exist? The purpose of this paper is to give insight into the mindset of men who seek out prostitution services by critically analysing the discourse they produce online. Sex buyers’ expectations in commercial sexual encounters with prostituted women are a good insight into their belief system about women in general. Such expectations are likely to have practical consequences in the way they behave in their relationships with all women in terms of sexuality and, therefore, for feminist purposes of equality on a broader scale.
Resumen
Durante siglos, la prostitución ha sido problematizada desde muchos ángulos, con
las mujeres siempre en el centro del debate. Sin embargo, sus dinámicas no pueden ser comprendidas sin un análisis de la demanda. ¿Por qué hay hombres que pagan para que la prostitución exista? El objetivo de este artículo es ahondar en su manera de pensar mediante un análisis crítico del discurso que ellos mismos producen. Las expectativas que estos hombres tienen de cara a los encuentros sexuales comerciales con mujeres prostituidas son una ventana a su sistema de creencias sobre las mujeres en general. Tales expectativas tienen consecuencias prácticas en la manera en que actúan con todas las mujeres dentro del marco de la sexualidad y, por tanto, afecta a la lucha por la igualdad fáctica entre hombres y mujeres a nivel social. |
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ISSN: | 1132-8231 2340-4795 |