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Assignment 11

The term “sex tourism” used by Amelia Cabezas is differently approached from the perspectives of the citizens of the Dominican Republic or Cuba in comparison to how a tourist will define it. Citizens might see it as a form of labor that helps them survive in their countries or even make possible migration to a different country. On the other side of the spectrum, tourist are just willing to have a companion during their vacation and are open to fall in love after any sexual relationship that they might have with the citizens of that alien country. She also mentions how race, class and gender play a role on categorizing people as sex workers or as foreigners. Citizenship separates people by groups that have similar characteristics that fit accordingly to the place where they reside. However, when Cabezas explains the relationship formed between tourist and citizens of certain countries it shows how one way or the other those barriers that separate people based on the ethnic groups they belong to kind of disappear. Usually we see borders as the main separation between nations which at some point it can limit and force independence from other people with different backgrounds. But, in this article we see the opposite because all people are unified either by sex, labor or any other sort of relationship that erases any stereotypes and individuality between citizens. There is no difference in the rights each individual has because both the foreigner and the native are willing to exploit the opportunities they have or are offered to have a better life. Cabezas research on sex tourism blends people from different parts of the world through the relations between love, money and migration. She gave a variety of anecdotes and definitions of the various discourses under each category that eliminated any traditional ideas on citizenship and nationality.