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== Cross-cultural evidence == | == Cross-cultural evidence == | ||
There is a substantial historical evidence of such "romance tourism" women visiting places such as Indonesia,<ref name="kelsky1994">Kelsky, K. 1994. Intimate ideologies: Transnational theory and Japan's "Yellow Cabs". Public Culture 6: 465-478.</ref> Greece,<ref>Zinovieff, S. 1991. Hunters and Hunted: Kamaki and the Ambiguities of Sexual Predationin a Greek Town.InContested Identities: Gender and Kinship in ModernGreece, P. Loizos and E. Papataxiarchis, eds., pp. 203–220. Princeton: Prince-ton University Press.</ref> Jerusalem,<ref>Bowman, G. 1989. Fucking tourists: Sexual relations and tourism in Jerusalem's old city. Critique of Anthropology 2:77-93.</ref><ref>Cohen, E. 1971. Arab boys and tourist girls in a mixed Jewish-Arab community. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 12:217-233.</ref> Jamaica,<ref>Pruitt, D.J., and LaFont, S. 1995. For love and money: Romance tourism in Jamaica. Annals of Tourism Research. 22:422-440.</ref> Ecuador,<ref>Meisch, L.A. 1995. Gringas and Otavalenos: Changing tourist relations. Annals of Tourism Research. 22:441-462.</ref> Barbados,<ref>Karch, C.A., and Dann, G.H.S. 1981. Close encounters of the Third World. Human Relations. 34:249-268.</ref><ref name="pritchard1989">Pritchard Wright, J. 1989. The toured: the cultural impact of tourism in Barbados. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southern California</ref><ref name="layne1969">Layne, P. 1969. Sunny Barbados. Bim, Barbados. 13:46-51</ref> Hawaii,<ref name="kelsky1994"></ref> only to get rammed by 'beach boys'.<ref>Herold, E., Garcia, R., & DeMoya, T. (2001). Female tourists and beach boys. | There is a substantial historical evidence of such "romance tourism" women visiting places such as Indonesia,<ref name="kelsky1994">Kelsky, K. 1994. Intimate ideologies: Transnational theory and Japan's "Yellow Cabs". Public Culture 6: 465-478.</ref> Greece,<ref>Zinovieff, S. 1991. Hunters and Hunted: Kamaki and the Ambiguities of Sexual Predationin a Greek Town.InContested Identities: Gender and Kinship in ModernGreece, P. Loizos and E. Papataxiarchis, eds., pp. 203–220. Princeton: Prince-ton University Press.</ref> Jerusalem,<ref>Bowman, G. 1989. Fucking tourists: Sexual relations and tourism in Jerusalem's old city. Critique of Anthropology 2:77-93.</ref><ref>Cohen, E. 1971. Arab boys and tourist girls in a mixed Jewish-Arab community. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 12:217-233.</ref> Jamaica,<ref>Pruitt, D.J., and LaFont, S. 1995. For love and money: Romance tourism in Jamaica. Annals of Tourism Research. 22:422-440.</ref> Ecuador,<ref>Meisch, L.A. 1995. Gringas and Otavalenos: Changing tourist relations. Annals of Tourism Research. 22:441-462.</ref> Barbados,<ref>Karch, C.A., and Dann, G.H.S. 1981. Close encounters of the Third World. Human Relations. 34:249-268.</ref><ref name="pritchard1989">Pritchard Wright, J. 1989. The toured: the cultural impact of tourism in Barbados. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southern California</ref><ref name="layne1969">Layne, P. 1969. Sunny Barbados. Bim, Barbados. 13:46-51</ref> Hawaii,<ref name="kelsky1994"></ref> only to get rammed by 'beach boys'.<ref>Herold, E., Garcia, R., & DeMoya, T. (2001). Female tourists and beach boys. Annals of Tourism Research, 28(4), 978–997. doi:10.1016/s0160-7383(01)00003-2 </ref> | ||
The partners these women engaged with were rather [[hybristophilia|thug]] Chads than prestigious Chads, generally occupying relatively low socioeconomic status and having little finacial security, but yet sociable, confident, physically agile and high status within their trade, e.g. as tour guides.<ref name="gorry1999">Gorry, A. M. (1999). Leaving home for romance: Tourist women's adventures abroad.</ref> | The partners these women engaged with were rather [[hybristophilia|thug]] Chads than prestigious Chads, generally occupying relatively low socioeconomic status and having little finacial security, but yet sociable, confident, physically agile and high status within their trade, e.g. as tour guides.<ref name="gorry1999">Gorry, A. M. (1999). Leaving home for romance: Tourist women's adventures abroad.</ref> | ||
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Stereotypes about such women can be found in Caribbean literature:<ref>Cumber Dance, D. 1993. Matriarchs, doves, and nymphos: Prevalent images of black, indian, and white women in Carribean literature. Studies in Literary Imagination. 26:21-31</ref> | Stereotypes about such women can be found in Caribbean literature:<ref>Cumber Dance, D. 1993. Matriarchs, doves, and nymphos: Prevalent images of black, indian, and white women in Carribean literature. Studies in Literary Imagination. 26:21-31</ref> | ||
{{quote|The most persistent, stereotypical, and restricted image [in Caribbean literature] is that of the white woman, who is viewed as an eager, lustful, sex-starved nymphomaniac, one whose goal in life is to be desired, | {{quote|The most persistent, stereotypical, and restricted image [in Caribbean literature] is that of the white woman, who is viewed as an eager, lustful, sex-starved nymphomaniac, one whose goal in life is to be desired, seduced, '''and violated''' by a black or Indian Buck."}} | ||
And a Barbadian male wrote about his endeavours seeking to obtain romantic opportunities with such Western travelers:<ref name="layne1969"></ref> | And a Barbadian male wrote about his endeavours seeking to obtain romantic opportunities with such Western travelers:<ref name="layne1969"></ref> | ||