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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/masculinity-for-sale-shan-migr
 ant-male-sex-workers-in-chiang-mai-thailand-and-the-performance-of-manhood
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SUMMARY:Masculinity for Sale: Shan Migrant Male Sex Workers in Chiang Mai\,
  Thailand and the Performance of Manhood
DESCRIPTION:In-person talk – Seating is limited. Masks are required for a
 ll audience members.\n\nCo-sponsored with the Asia Center\n\nThe portion o
 f sex industry in Thailand involving same-gender sex between men has recen
 tly seen a shift to a predominantly migrant workforce\, particularly in no
 rthern Thailand. The majority of male sex workers in Chiang Mai\, a metrop
 olitan center in northern Thailand\, are Shan migrants from Myanmar. These
  Shan men are mostly straight identifying males who are turning “gay for
  pay." As in many cultures\, men who engage in such work are seen as neith
 er “good men” nor “real men.” This research explores\, on the one 
 hand\, how migration plays a role in these Shan male sex workers’ lives\
 , both as a condition that brought them to engage in sex work and as a soc
 ial status that shapes their life trajectory. On the other hand\, it exami
 nes how being a sex worker giving services to men affects their sense of m
 asculinity. Based on 20 in-depth interviews with Shan migrant male sex wor
 kers living and working in Chiang Mai city\, this research attempts to sho
 w how Shan male sex workers engage in creating distinct configurations of 
 masculinity to sustain self-acceptance and regain their status as legitima
 te\, masculine\, and heterosexual men.
CATEGORIES:Visiting Scholar Talks
LOCATION:Common Room (#136)\, 2 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, United S
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