Dr Rachel Merrick R.A.Katz2@salford.ac.uk
Post Doc Research Fellow Digital Health
Dating apps are spaces where masculinities are communicated digitally, affecting inequalities around gender expressions. This study aims to identify the masculinities communicated within Grindr tourism interactions in Tel Aviv and analyze how masculinities shape relations among international tourists and locals. Methods consist of interviews and audio diaries with nineteen tourist, local, and immigrant Grindr users in Tel Aviv. Theories of affordances, hegemonic masculinities, and relational sociology are used to analyze the data. In discussion of the results, the concept of mutual exoticization is put forth to interpret the social dynamics valued within Grindr tourism interactions, thereby revealing oppositional fantasies tied to nationalities and masculinities. The study also explores ethnicity’s association with social and erotic capital in digital circulations of a localized Mizrahi masculinity. Findings reveal that while hegemonic masculinities are circulated on Grindr, resistance is also a part of Grindr tourism relations around masculinities. This research concludes by shedding light on masculinity inequalities within digital spaces where different nationalities co-congregate, revealing everyday negotiations of gender regimes. Grindr is the site of both reproduction of and resistance to social inequalities around masculinities.
Katz, R. A. (in press). Negotiating Hegemonic Masculinities and Mutual Exoticization within Grindr Tourism Interactions: “Everyone in Tel Aviv is a Muscle God”. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2373804
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 22, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 2, 2024 |
Deposit Date | Jul 9, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 10, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of Homosexuality |
Print ISSN | 0091-8369 |
Electronic ISSN | 1540-3602 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 1-23 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2024.2373804 |
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