Det blir allt mer viktigt att ha ett intersektionellt perspektiv i studier på olika gruppers makt och möjligheter att utöva sin sexualitet. Gäller detta alla? Knappast! När jag och mina kollegor utförde studien Osynliga Synliga Aktörer så framkom just maktperspektivet som en av de viktiga faktorerna gäller sexköp/sexsäljande. Vem som har makten kan dock variera utifrån olika förutsättningar. En av de viktigaste variablerna som vi fick fram var maktrelationen mellan köpare och säljare också i relation till deras självförtroende.
Igår hittade jag en mycket intressant poster från Martin A Mondo, PhD and Christine Milrod, PhD; Perceptions of Providers Power Among Older Men Who buy Sex Online. The study shows that not all sex buyers are in a position of power or benefit equally from patriarchy or other forms av privilege.The following text is a copy from their poster
Respondents report greater power in their relationships with providers when they are younger, wealthier, married and partnered, regulary sexually active, healthier and able-bodied. Respondents report less percieved power in their relationships with providers when they report non sexual activities with providers, providing gifts to providers apart from sexual exchange, having an all-time favorite, having fallen in love and reporting that they could marry a former provider. There are a clear evidence that many of the structural and individual issues that we might expect to shape power relationships between customers and providers appear to do so. We havet o recognize the multiplicity of factors that shape the relative power of buyers and providers, rather than assuming at static power relationship
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