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Sex in Work

In: Gender, Sexuality and Power in Chinese Companies

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  • Liu Jieyu

    (SOAS University of London)

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This chapter reveals the way in which eroticized workplace culture has resulted in a form of masculine domination and hetero-normative control through the process of objectification. Sexual innuendo is encouraged by management to enhance productivity, and morale and agency in public sexual discourse remain a male privilege. As sexuality remains a key marker of ‘reputable’ women’s social status in post-Mao China, professional women did not find sexualized office interactions the site of empowerment noted by some Western studies and research among Chinese sex workers. Yet this chapter warns against misinterpreting Chinese women’s response by viewing them through the lens of inappropriate assumptions and calls for a more nuanced analysis invoking the inner-outer framework as a signifier of moral agency.

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  • Liu Jieyu, 2017. "Sex in Work," Gender, Development and Social Change, in: Gender, Sexuality and Power in Chinese Companies, chapter 0, pages 73-87, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gdechp:978-1-137-50575-0_5
    DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-50575-0_5
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