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In her essay Amalia Cabezas explains several problems related to with the usual conception of sex work in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. She considers that the term “sex work” is more than the simple practice of sex in exchange for money. Cabezas also point out that the increased tourism has caused an increase of sex work, which in turn has contributed in the creation of different types of relationship between tourist and hosts. In countries as Cuba and Dominican Republic, solitary women, lesbian and other sexual minorities are target for moral panic and harassment by police. Also in these countries, women who have sex with more than a person is cataloged as bad sexual subjects, while male who have several sexual partners are considered “supermen” because this is considered as a natural behavior of men sexuality.

Also, in her essay Cabezas explains the highlighted difference on how is considered the sex work among male and female, because while male sex workers are considered as national idols, female sex workers are considered deviants and a social evil. I think that Cabezas uses the term “sexual citizenship” to refer to the acceptance in the public life of the different sexualities, outside the masculine heterosexual domain, particularly those women outside heteronormativity. Many concepts of female sexual agency keeps absent from the conceptualizations and laws of human rights, but when we implement the idea of sexual rights we can cover minorities instead of categorize or to frame people by their sexuality and at the same time we open the way in situations where labor rights can not be applied. Finally, according to the author, tourism has opened a door where labor practices and romantic relationships are mixed. In countries where the economic index is very low is difficult to separate love, money, and business. They see tourism as a way to scape of their reality.