Abstract

BRINGAS RABAGO, Nora Leticia  and  GAXIOLA ALDAMA, Ruth. Los espacios de la prostitución en Tijuana: turismo sexual entre varones. Región y sociedad [online]. 2012, vol.24, n.55, pp.81-130. ISSN 2448-4849.

A first approach to sex tourism among males in Tijuana is presented, starting from the identification of spaces within the heart of the city where male prostitution takes place. Social practices related to the use and appropriation of space by male sex workers are also analyzed. Our approach to the study of sex tourism is through the spatial dimension, which allows us to understand how sex workers interact, relate, and transform the spaces used for sex tourism.Taking into account the variables of accessibility, opportunity, and restriction, the spaces of prostitution are defined. Non-participant observation was fundamental to identifying sites during field work, as well as in-depth interviews with male sex workers who offer their services to tourists. The first findings show that male sex workers are not passive users of the territory where they work; they adapt and transform it until they appropriate it and generate spaces where they recognize each other and feel secure and protected, not only from their customers but also from the police.

Keywords : sex workers; sociospatial practices; Tijuana; sex tourism; male.

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