Sexuality, power and the sociology of the internet

Brickell, Chris

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“…This may have positive and negative implications for power and control dynamics between sex workers and their clients. In turn, these could influence condom use among female sex workers, particularly in resource-limited settings (Van Doorn 2011; Aube-Marice et al 2012; Bricknell 2012). …”

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Mobile phones and sex work in South India: the emerging role of mobile phones in condom use by female sex workers in two Indian states

Navani-Vazirani

Solomon²,

Gopalakrishnan³

et al. 2014

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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The aim of this study was to examine female sex workers’ solicitation of clients using mobile phones and the association between this and condom use with clients. Cross-sectional data were utilised to address the study's aim, drawing on data collected from female sex workers in Calicut, Kerala and Chirala, Andhra Pradesh. Use of mobile phone solicitation was reported by 46.3% (n = 255) of Kerala participants and 78.7% (n = 464) of those in Andhra Pradesh. Kerala participants reporting exclusive solicitation using mobile phones demonstrated 1.67 times higher odds (95% CI: 1.01–2.79) of inconsistent condom use than those reporting non-use of mobile phones for solicitation. However, those reporting exclusive solicitation through mobile phones in Andhra Pradesh reported lower odds of inconsistent condom use (OR: 0.03; 95% CI: 0.01–0.26) than those not using mobile phones for solicitation. Findings indicate that solicitation of clients using mobile phones facilitates or hampers consistency in condom use with clients depending on the context, and how mobile phones are incorporated into solicitation practices. Variations in sex work environments, including economic dependence on sex work or lack thereof may partially account for the different effects found.

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Mobile phones and sex work in South India: the emerging role of mobile phones in condom use by female sex workers in two Indian states

Navani-Vazirani

Solomon²,

Gopalakrishnan³

et al. 2014

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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“…I am working within a deconstructionist perspective that puts those aspects in a more complex web of relations that involve not only conscious but also unconscious aspects of desire in the production of identity. In that sense, this paper is closer in theoretical approach to recent works in the field of queer theory and geographies of sexualities that deal with digital sexualities (Brickell, 2012;McGlotten, 2013;McLelland, 2002;Mowlabocus, 2010;Nash, Gorman-Murray, 2016). Butler and Lacan, like other post-structuralist authors, opened the path for a sophisticated theoretical background which does not reduce the study of otherness to simply identitarian perspectives.…”

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The Persistence of Desire: Gay Men Online and Queer Visuality

Gadelha

2017

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Queer forms of sociality online have been established as a research field for many social studies that contributed to our contemporary comprehension of new geographies of sexualities. Such a task required a cautious review of existent methodologies and conceptual tools, especially when sexuality comes up as an axis of investigation. In this paper I explore the persistence of the category of "desire" for the study of dissident sexualities online. Although a critical approach to desire is present in queer scholarship, my argument relies on implementing theoretical queer and/or feminist formulations of desire. It has been a problematic standard to combine theories on queer desire without reflecting about the field in which such theories may be applied. Desire as a category has also to do with the dismantling of cruising geographies and with the errant aspect inherent to cruising practices. This paper, by discussing theoretically the relationship between "desire", "visualization", and the "digital" points out the disruptive aspect of desire in relation to online ways of seeing and performativity. KeywordsDesire, Digital, Visual, Sexuality, Online dating, Queer, Performativity.Las formas de sociabilización queer en línea, se han establecido como un campo de investigación para muchas investigaciones sociales. Estas han contribuido a nuestra comprensión contemporánea de las nuevas geografías de la sexualidad. Esta tarea ha requerido una cautelosa revisión de las metodologías existentes y de las herramientas conceptuales, sobre todo, cuando la sexualidad surgió como un eje de investigación. En este artículo, exploro la persistencia de la categoría "deseo" para el estudio de las sexualidades disidentes en línea. Aunque una aproximación crítica del deseo está presente en los estudios queer, mi argumento se basa en la implementación de formulaciones teóricas queer e/o feministas sobre el deseo, ya que ha sido una problemática común el combinar teorías sobre el deseo queer sin reflexionar acerca del campo sobre el cual se puede aplicar esta teoría. El deseo, como una categoría, también tiene que ver con el desmantelamiento de las geografías del cruising y con el aspecto errante inherente a esta práctica. Este artículo, al discutir teóricamente la relación entre "deseo", "visualización" y cultura "digital", señala el aspecto perturbador del deseo en relación con las formas de ver en línea y la performatividad. Palabras ClaveDeseo, digital, visual, sexualidad, citas en línea, queer, performatividad. RESUMEN ABSTRACT LA PERSISTENCIA DEL DESEO LOS HOMBRES GAYS ONLINE Y LA VISIBILIDAD QUEER 61The development of digital media has opened new forms of sociality. This has changed our actual perception of time and space, making it possible to connect people from different cultures very quickly and to exchange information. Many spheres of social life are susceptible to the appeal of the digital era, the era of connectedness: to be globalized is to be connected, to be in motion, to trade in new cultural maps, to get in touch with other...

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“…Hence, young Thai women’s expressions of sexual interest and date-making through mobile phones and the Internet have resulted in a moral panic, whereby social institutions condemn such actions and produce discourses and discursive practices aimed at explaining young women’s online sexual expressions. For example, young girls who use the Internet may be branded ‘not good women’ (Bosch 2011; Brickell 2012). Young Thai women’s online sexuality is mostly controlled by criticism of its negative consequences in the mass media or through public policies, which rest upon the assumption that young women’s use of online media puts them at risk of developing sexual- and reproductive-health problems or of becoming prey to males looking to take advantage of them (Chantong et al 2009).…”

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‘She met her (boy)friend online’: negotiating gender identity and sexuality among young Thai women in online space

Boonmongkon

Ojanen

Samakkeekarom

et al. 2013

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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This paper focuses on the experiences of women 15 – 24 years old living in one suburban district in Bangkok. Its objectives are to analyse processes of building and negotiating social identity and femininity in online spaces by young women; the ways in which young women express their sexuality using online technologies; connections between the ‘online’ and ‘offline’ worlds in terms of emotions as well as social and sexual networks; and traditional values regarding female sexuality reproduced through online media and how young women negotiate and resist these. Content and narrative analyses were conducted using qualitative data from 9 focus-group discussions and 14 narrative interviews. Findings indicated that the online media serve as tools that help young women develop and express their gender identities. Mobile phones and the Internet facilitate communication in order to express love, responsibility, intimacy and sexual desires. Discourse on women’s chastity, which puts pressure on women to maintain their virginity, still influences online and mobile contents, messages and images among young women. However, women also exerted agency in negotiating and expressing their sexuality, both online and offline.

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Sexuality, power and the sociology of the internet

Cited by 50 publications

References 41 publications

Mobile phones and sex work in South India: the emerging role of mobile phones in condom use by female sex workers in two Indian states

Mobile phones and sex work in South India: the emerging role of mobile phones in condom use by female sex workers in two Indian states

The Persistence of Desire: Gay Men Online and Queer Visuality

‘She met her (boy)friend online’: negotiating gender identity and sexuality among young Thai women in online space

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