Third world women, particularly those of Asia and the Middle East are often depicted as inferior and hyper sexualized. Orientalism and imperialism are evident in international sex tourism industry. Sex tourism is an opportunity for white men to experience “exotic” fantasies from the indigenous women. These women are viewed as sexually available and rapeable. The sex industry reflects racialized patterns of third world serving affluent western customers. They are drawn mostly from South East Asia, South Asia,Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.Advertisements for sexual purposes are depicted as exotic emphasizing on characteristics of the “other” to feed the western fantasies. Like many transactions sex tourism is economic and a political issue. It must have a market and these transactions are considered socially and politically legitimate. Majority of these women are economically impoverished and the tourists can easily afford to pay for their services.
I will narrow my focus to sex tourism in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya.
There are questions to consider when exploring this issue
1. What roles do tour companies play in encouraging sex tourism and the exploitation of indigenous women in Kenya?
2.Why do some local women accept that sex tourim is necessary evil?
3.What experiences do some of these women encounter?
I will narrow my focus to sex tourism in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya.
There are questions to consider when exploring this issue
1. What roles do tour companies play in encouraging sex tourism and the exploitation of indigenous women in Kenya?
2.Why do some local women accept that sex tourim is necessary evil?
3.What experiences do some of these women encounter?
Sex tourism is a booming business along the coastal cities and inland Kenya.The women are sexually exploited by foreigners because they are poor.They are perceived as sexually available by many tourists. They experience cruelty and inhumane treatment at the hands of their customers.
ReplyDeleteFor the Women in these 3rd world countries, some do do not have any jobs or education to support their lives. What they do is not right but in their world, and being in the sex trade industry and huntig for the tourists, is their ticket out of poverty. They know it is not right but it is survival for them .
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