This Article Free Full Text (Free PDF) Free References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Ho, P. S. Y. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

The (Charmed) Circle Game: Reflections on Sexual Hierarchy Through Multiple Sexual Relationships

University of Hong Kong

The purpose of this study is to capture the lived experience of eight men and women with multiple partners in Hong Kong. By investigating their ways of coping with social and moral pressures, the study aims to explore the tension between proper masculinity/femininity and personal desires which often result in the trespassing of what is socially defined as ‘good’, ‘normal’ and ‘natural’. Their selective appropriation of cultural norms and gender ideals offers a vantage point not only to recuperate a lived version of ‘Chinese’ sexuality, but also to re-visit Gayle Rubin’s concept of sexual hierarchy.

Key Words: Chinese • desire • multiple partners • sexual hierarchy • sexuality

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				P. S.-y. Ho Desperate Housewives: The Case of Chinese Si-Nais in Hong Kong Affilia, August 1, 2007; 22(3): 255 - 270. [Abstract] [PDF]