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Tsang, E. Y. H. (2024). What's good for the gander is even better for the goose:Women buying commercial sex in China.The British Journal of Sociology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468‐4446.130...

Abstract
Research about the commercial sex industry rarely examines the women who are the clients purchasing sexual services. Examining how this challenges gender stereotypes through the undoing gender framework reveals how gender norms can be reshaped through contextual changes. Based on 3 years of ethnographic data from a high-end bar in Tianjin, interviews with 27 female clients and 47 MSWs paint a complex picture of how some women adopted ungendered strategies regarding sexuality. As women take control of their own sexual behavior, they free themselves of some traditional societal expectations about their identity. Primarily motivated by pleasure and control, purchasing sex becomes a means for women to experience empowerment and self-confidence by breaking with traditional gender norms and expectations. Undoing gender involves expanding gendered repertoires, with women finding empowerment in adopting a masculine model of sexuality. However, social stigma and personal efficacy indicate that gender deconstruction is a gradual process. The research contributes to understanding complex gender dynamics and sexual behaviors within commercial sex transactions, shedding light on societal norms and individual agency.

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00:00 Buying Sex in China
00:20 Abstract
01:30 1 INTRODUCTION
08:26 2 COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS AND CLIENTS
12:39 3 UNDOING GENDER
15:29 4 RESEARCH METHOD
21:52 5 BACKGROUND OF SEX WORK IN CHINA
24:37 6 FINDINGS: UNDOING GENDER ON THE COMMERCIAL SEXSCAPE
47:11 7 DISCUSSIONS
52:16 8 CONCLUSION

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