Caribbean Pleasure Industry
Book description
In recent years, the economy of the Caribbean has become almost completely dependent on international tourism. And today one of the chief ways that foreign visitors there seek pleasure is through prostitution. While much has been written on the female sex workers who service these tourists, "Caribbean Pleasure Industry" shifts…
Why read it?
1 author picked Caribbean Pleasure Industry as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is the first book I read about sex tourism, which is a growing part of the market for sex work in developing countries.
This book focuses on the men who provide services to men who are travelling to the Dominican Republic to engage with sex workers. Most of the men in this book identify as “straight” and have to navigate their personal identity and relationships while earning a living providing this service to other men.
I also really like the way this book discusses the health risks and how sex workers use various strategies to minimize the risk to…
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