Part of the self-deception involved in these sexual economies is that
experiences are refracted through complex transcultural differences. The
men perceive, quite correctly in many ways, that the girls they meet are
more civilised, re®ned and cultured than the women they typically meet
socially at home. They are, in their view the beautiful Other but also the
`aesthete', re®ned in the arts of self beauty, poise and style that are again
seldom encountered at home. The Macho Lads and the Mr Averages
describe places like Pattaya as fantasy lands precisely because they have
access to a Hollywood lifestyle for a few weeks with an unlimited number
of willing, compliant and beautiful young women. They also mistake the
art of Thai prostitution for a perfect, or ideal femininity that defers to their
wounded sense of masculinity.
Part of the self-deception involved in these sexual economies is that
experiences are refracted through complex transcultural differences. The
men perceive, quite correctly in many ways, that the girls they meet are
more civilised, re®ned and cultured than the women they typically meet
socially at home. They are, in their view the beautiful Other but also the
`aesthete', re®ned in the arts of self beauty, poise and style that are again
seldom encountered at home. The Macho Lads and the Mr Averages
describe places like Pattaya as fantasy lands precisely because they have
access to a Hollywood lifestyle for a few weeks with an unlimited number
of willing, compliant and beautiful young women. They also mistake the
art of Thai prostitution for a perfect, or ideal femininity that defers to their
wounded sense of masculinity.
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