Author: Phann Sophon
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-06-12
Year: 2006
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2006
Examination Committee: Kyoko Kusakabe (Chairperson); Barbara Earth, L.A.S. Ranjith Perera (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The study has demonstrated and explored on the employment situation and changing masculinity in intra-household relation tinder the condition of unemployment and the effects of changing masculinity on the household relation and sexual behavior. This study was examined with first 150 male and 150 female migrants, together with 40 additional respondents were selected for in-depth interview, examined about the perspective and behavior of relation in the HH. In this study 300 male and female were interviewed individually and 40 male and female partners were interviewed separately and once together. Female partner especially were interviewed to check-up male partner’s response regarding their changing sense of masculinity. Study shows that people from 12 provinces in Cambodia migrate to Poipet in order to make better HH economic while most of them were farmers with losing farm productivity and no income sources for their families. Otherwise with the attraction of border by working in Thailand which they are hoping to get better employment over there. After migrating to Poipet those migrants were trapped at the border with facing the loss of employment opportunity. A large movement of people and unemployment are seen with the affect of border with massive human trafficking, violence, corruption and other vices that come with being a casino playground for Thai tourists and a major international border crossing. After changing employment status, notion of masculinity are seen to be changed at that time, HH responsibilities, HH power relation and sexual dominance in the intra-HH relation. In the last part of this study shows the effects of masculinity changes into domestic violence of intra-IIH relation of husband to wife and father to children and sexual dominance of husband to wife.
Scholarship Donor(s): Katholischer Akademischer AuslanderDienst (KAAD); AIT Fellowship
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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