Prostitution in Galicia: Clients and Feminine Imaginary

Authors

  • Agueda Gómes Suárez Universidade de Vigo
  • Silvia Pérez Freire Universidade de Vigo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2010000100007

Abstract

Today, the prostitution in our society turns out to be an indicator of the dominant “sexual culture” in the patriarchal and capitalist societies. This article tries to contribute with another approach to the analysis of the sexual industry in our country, adjusting, principally, to the experiences of the men involved in the phenomenon of the prostitution in Galicia. The dramatic quality in which the women in prostitution live their reality and the levity and idleness, in which the clients enjoy themselves, show the controversial and worrying face of this reality. The analysis of the clients’ speech across the “Frame Analysis”, and the study of the feminine dominant imaginary among them are portrayed in this text, together with the speech of the women in prostitution and of the men who occupy masculinized spaces. This article tries to be a contribution to the complex study of the phenomenon of the prostitution in our country.

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Published

2010-01-01

How to Cite

Suárez, A. G., & Freire, S. P. (2010). Prostitution in Galicia: Clients and Feminine Imaginary. Revista Estudos Feministas, 18(1), 121. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2010000100007

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2010)

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