TY - CHAP
T1 - Conclusion
AU - Chu, Cassini Sai Kwan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s).
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Pulling all the data and theoretical concepts together, this concluding chapter reflects the complex nature of compensated dating (CD). CD participants do not consider their activities to be a form of prostitution not only because of GFE, but also because of the modern transformation of intimacy and sexuality. While CD resembles the script of modern relationships, modern relationships are moving closer to the script of commercialized relationships. The gap between CD relationships and non-commercial modern relationships is therefore diminishing and even overlapping. This ambiguity draws men and girls into CD and provides justifications for their CD behaviors. The chapter also consolidates other social changes that provide a seedbed for the thriving of CD. Finally, it decrypts why CD is particularly prominent in Hong Kong in the twenty-first century.
AB - Pulling all the data and theoretical concepts together, this concluding chapter reflects the complex nature of compensated dating (CD). CD participants do not consider their activities to be a form of prostitution not only because of GFE, but also because of the modern transformation of intimacy and sexuality. While CD resembles the script of modern relationships, modern relationships are moving closer to the script of commercialized relationships. The gap between CD relationships and non-commercial modern relationships is therefore diminishing and even overlapping. This ambiguity draws men and girls into CD and provides justifications for their CD behaviors. The chapter also consolidates other social changes that provide a seedbed for the thriving of CD. Finally, it decrypts why CD is particularly prominent in Hong Kong in the twenty-first century.
KW - Plastic sexuality
KW - Technological advancement
KW - Transformation of intimacy
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-10-6974-1_8
DO - 10.1007/978-981-10-6974-1_8
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85146017562
T3 - Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia
SP - 187
EP - 198
BT - Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -