Mongers in Heaven Sexual Tourism and HIV Risk

Univ. of Costa Rica. Offers an exploration of the new phenomenon of American senior citizens traveling to Central America in search of sex and love from prostitutes. Topics include sexual culture, U.S.-Costa Rican Relations, sex workers who cater to tourists, how mongers negotiate with sex workers, and more.

Jacobo Schifter-Sikora is former Director of the Ph.D. program in Philosophy at Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica and is now teaching at Universidad de Costa Rica

Methodology
Information-gathering and Illegality	p. 2
The Surveys	p. 5
Focus-groups Discussions	p. 6
In-Depth Interviews	p. 6
Ethnographic Observation	p. 6
2004 RAP	p. 7
Quotes	p. 7
Background	p. 8
Sexual Culture	p. 10
US-Costa Rican Relations	p. 12
Is Costa Rica a New Thailand?	p. 19
Sex or Going Fishing?	p. 27
Sex Workers Who Cater to Tourists	p. 30
Sex Tourists	p. 31
Origins and Characteristics	p. 37
Self-definition	p. 40
How do Mongers Negotiate With Sex Workers?	p. 45
The Sex Worker	p. 49
Social Status	p. 52
HIV in the Caribbean and Central America	p. 57
The Costa Rican Epidemic	p. 59
Sex Workers	p. 60
Sexual Practices	p. 65
Condom Use	p. 71
The Women	p. 71
Condoms in Trash Cans	p. 73
Machismo and Feminism	p. 77
Tradition versus Modernity	p. 81
Liminal	p. 87
Latin Women versus American Women	p. 97
Lying and Simulation	p. 107
The Female Perspective	p. 123
Sex Work Becomes Complicated	p. 129
Girlfriend Fantasy Experience	p. 132
Second Houses	p. 133
Ethics	p. 139
HIV	p. 151
Female Condom	p. 152
English for Sex Work	p. 153
Ms. Safe: Interactive Software	p. 153
A Sex Worker's Website, Paper and Guardian Angel Program	p. 154
Nocturna: A Sex Worker's Magazine	p. 155
Guardian Angel Program	p. 155
Non-Mandatory HIV Testing	p. 156
Epilogue	p. 159
Annex, Charts, Graphics and Diagrams	p. 165
Index	p. 195
About the author	p. 209
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Mongers in Heaven Sexual Tourism and HIV Risk in Costa Rica and in the United States

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