"For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sex

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dc.contributor.advisorBoonzaier, Florettaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHuysamen, Moniqueen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-07T13:42:11Z
dc.date.available2015-01-07T13:42:11Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite sex work and its related activities being a criminal offence, it is an ingrained part of South African society. Street based sex workers can be found working on the streets of every city in the country; mainstream magazines feature articles about the sex work industry; newspapers generate an income through advertising sexual services; and there are a number of South African websites aimed exclusively at patrons of the sex work industry (Gardner, 2009). This project, guided by the principles of a narrative research approach, endeavoured to gain insight into the demand side of the sex work industry in South Africa. The project was based on in-depth interviews conducted with 14 male clients of female sex workers, recruited through advertisements placed on online classifieds websites. The study explored the meaning that men make of paying for sex and how being a client both influenced and was influenced by their broader social identities as men, husbands and fathers. The findings of this project repeatedly highlighted the striking connection between dominant discourses of femininity, masculinity and heterosexuality and participants’ explanations, motivations and experiences of paying sex workers for sex. These discourses provide men with a vocabulary to talk about paying for sex as acceptable and also allow for a social context where paying for sex becomes not only justifiable but also a desirable option for men. Through recognizing these discourses at work in our daily lives and through destabilising the notion of an idealized masculinity we can begin to better understand the demand side of the sex work industry in South Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHuysamen, M. (2013). <i>"For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sex</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11721en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHuysamen, Monique. <i>""For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sex."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11721en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHuysamen, M. 2013. "For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sex. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Huysamen, Monique AB - Despite sex work and its related activities being a criminal offence, it is an ingrained part of South African society. Street based sex workers can be found working on the streets of every city in the country; mainstream magazines feature articles about the sex work industry; newspapers generate an income through advertising sexual services; and there are a number of South African websites aimed exclusively at patrons of the sex work industry (Gardner, 2009). This project, guided by the principles of a narrative research approach, endeavoured to gain insight into the demand side of the sex work industry in South Africa. The project was based on in-depth interviews conducted with 14 male clients of female sex workers, recruited through advertisements placed on online classifieds websites. The study explored the meaning that men make of paying for sex and how being a client both influenced and was influenced by their broader social identities as men, husbands and fathers. The findings of this project repeatedly highlighted the striking connection between dominant discourses of femininity, masculinity and heterosexuality and participants’ explanations, motivations and experiences of paying sex workers for sex. These discourses provide men with a vocabulary to talk about paying for sex as acceptable and also allow for a social context where paying for sex becomes not only justifiable but also a desirable option for men. Through recognizing these discourses at work in our daily lives and through destabilising the notion of an idealized masculinity we can begin to better understand the demand side of the sex work industry in South Africa. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - "For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sex TI - "For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sex UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11721 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11721
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHuysamen M. "For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sex. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11721en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMSocScien_ZA
dc.title"For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sexen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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