[lbo-talk] pricing nationality

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon May 11 06:17:09 PDT 2009


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Exotic sex: diversity, ethnicity, whiteness and local prices 11 May 2009 by laura agustin

Chinese Girl 250 Hong Kong Girl 250 Malay Girl 200 Philippine Girl 200 Russian Girl 590

Following up on whiteness and diversity in New Zealand’s sex industry, here’s a reminder of the variability of the ‘exotic’ and its consequent pricing. In another post, I reproduced a punter’s report on how much various sorts of karaoke services run. On the Hong Kong brothel sign to the left, the bits in English show that prices differ by nationality or geography. Now thanks to Leon Rocha, here’s a translation of the Chinese showing others advertised traits.

Many researchers and rights advocates would like to ignore the way colour and phenotype influence business practices, preferences and stigma, but I think it’s better to look them squarely in the face.

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