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Gender, Sexuality and Power in Chinese CompaniesSex in Work

Gender, Sexuality and Power in Chinese Companies: Sex in Work [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.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017. The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN
978-1-137-50574-3
Pages
73 –87
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-50575-0_5
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Abstract

[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.]

Published: Nov 9, 2016

Keywords: Female Employee; Sexual Objectification; Section Manager; Male Manager; Workplace Culture

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