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Assignment 10

I think Amelia Cabezas defines sexual citizenship as someone who represents their sexuality and understanding the process of why they do what they do. Cabezas mentions about sex tourism and how specific people work in the tourism industry to fulfill a specific requirement whether that may be to make money, create relationship, etc… However there is a gender equality where females are treated worser compared to their counterpart, males. Females can be thrown in jail anytime and this is all because of how the government wants to make sure that the females that do sexual tourism don’t take the wrong path or to stop bothering the tourist when in general they aren’t.  Also some females are more accepted compared to other females and this is probably how the police portray (decides which ones can stay without being arrested) those females that are more accepted (probably because their more beautiful and younger). Males on the other hand is respected and supported to continue to do what they are doing. This gender inequality lets Cabezas bring up the point of heteronormativity, where females should be able to have the rights to their bodies and make decisions on what they should and should not do. This idea is a threat to the government because they want to make sure that the women are following sexual morals that is set by them (the laws). However most government in the world don’t really cares what happens after the child is born. All they care about is that the child is safely born so that they can contribute to the economy and make sure the same process repeat. The government doesn’t want the women who are outside the heteronormativity to be deciding whether or not they want to do sexual service for money, marriage, pleasure, etc… Otherwise this will improve the organization (social groups) that support the fundamental rights of female.