ABSTRACT

This article explores gendered power relations in studies of stigmatized sexual behavior, through a poststructuralist feminist theoretical perspective. Interviews conducted by a female interviewer with twenty men who pay for sex were analyzed using the interpretive constructivist method. We applied the concept defended subjects to suggest that the subjects – both interviewer and interviewees – defended themselves against three major threats that characterized the gendered power relations in the interviews: the threat of forced intimacy, the threat of deviancy, and the threat of objectification. We then propose a new heuristic concept – defensive interactions – to discuss these interview dynamics as they relate to three key aspects of gendered power relations in qualitative interviews: the establishment of intimacy, identity management, and objectification.

摘要

本文通过后结构主义女权主义理论视角探讨了污名化性行为研究中的性别权力关系。使用解释性建构主义方法分析了一位女性采访者对 20 名支付性行为的男性进行的采访。我们应用捍卫主体的概念来表明主体——采访者和被采访者——为自己辩护，以抵御采访中性别权力关系的三个主要威胁：强迫亲密的威胁、越轨的威胁和客观化的威胁。然后我们提出一个新的启发式概念——防御性交互——讨论这些访谈动态，因为它们与定性访谈中性别权力关系的三个关键方面相关：亲密关系的建立、身份管理和客观化。