Photo by Westend61 via Getty Images. But Paget is finding her planned sex travel experiences "liberating," she said, after feeling out of place seeking queer sex at home. This was revelatory to me. In recent years, growing numbers of women are traveling abroad, and many are traveling specifically for sex. In finding their own avenues toward sexual liberation, these sex travelers are grappling with a practice that is traditionally colonialist, racist, and classistβand finding more ethical ways to travel while horny than soliciting sex workers in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, where sex tourism fuels local economies.
Raquel Rosario Sanchez, a feminist writer and Ph. International tourism for any purpose, sexual or otherwise, can also be ethically dubious when it comes at such a high environmental and infrastructural cost to many areas of the Global South. According to Sanchez, "The ethical way for a white tourist to navigate this issue is to have sex only with people who are sexually attracted to them, not with people who have to be coerced with money.
Some resorts enforce strict boundaries regarding sexual consent and interactions between guests and staff with the goal of reducing any potential coercion or mistreatment from guests. Loeser said all staff are thoroughly trained to reject any sexual advances from guestsβand that some staff members are specifically employed to keep an eye out for any potential misconduct toward their colleagues.
Many adult destinations welcome guests of all sexual orientations, creating safer places for queer women to travel for sex. Sometimes, though, Noelle felt tokenized as a bisexual woman among the many horny straight couples also visiting. Patrice J. Williams, a year-old Black writer in New York, enjoys clothing-optional travel because she feels freer to wearβor take offβwhatever she wants. Williams also spent time in the playroom, though she preferred to sit back and observe.
Williams noted that some adult-oriented resorts can be overwhelmingly white. Even among other naked travelers, Williams worried about attracting unwanted attention as one of the few women of color at one of the resorts she visited.
