Compensated Dating

Buying and Selling Sex in Cyberspace

Cassini Sai Kwan Chu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-10-6973-4 (ISBN)

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This book considers a burgeoning social phenomenon, compensated dating in Hong Kong, that facilitates direct commercial sex exchange between consenting females from their mid-teens through the late 20s and males from their early 20s to mid-adulthood. Informed by the transformation of intimacy, the breakdown of institutional constraints, the emergence of a new female sexual autonomy and the advancement of information technology, this book moves beyond stereotypes of sex work to look at the complexities of compensated dating. The phenomenon of compensated dating is distinctive from most other sex trades in that it involves intense emotional interactions and often extends beyond the commercial boundary. Given the dynamic, flexible and ambiguous nature of compensated dating, it has become more of a space for sexual explorations and less of a rigid model of commercial sex, at least in the eye of the participants. This book walks through how men become involved in compensated dating and alsosheds lights on how gender relations are negotiated, with important implications on what it means to be a man and a woman in contemporary Hong Kong society. It also speaks to the broader transformations of some of the key social structures and elements, particularly gender and sexualities, in the era of late modernity.

Cassini Sai Kwan Chu received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Hong Kong. She has been involved in research related to commercial sex and her interests lie particularly in the study of gender, sexuality and sex work in modern times. She explores how the changes of the commercial sex industry, from clients and providers’ perspectives, reflect the transformation of intimacy and sexuality in late modernity.

Introduction.- Theoretical Framework.- Methodology.- The Brothers – Part I: Men who Buy Compensated Dating.- The Brothers – Part II: Why Compensated Dating?.- The Brothers – Part III: Becoming and Being a Brother.- Why Do Girls Engage in CD?.- More Than Bounded Authenticity.- Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia
Zusatzinfo	5 Illustrations, color; 3 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 218 p. 8 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Compensated Dating • Deviant Behavior and Dating • Direct Commercial Sex Exchange • Female Sexual Autonomy • Sex and Advancement of Information Technology • Taboo Sex • Traditional Moral Codes in Asia • Traditional Prostitution
ISBN-10	981-10-6973-5 / 9811069735
ISBN-13	978-981-10-6973-4 / 9789811069734
Zustand	Neuware