{"id":64046,"date":"2020-02-28T14:12:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T19:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=64046"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:31","slug":"carleton-presents-cu-in-the-city-sun-sand-and-sex-a-conversation-about-sex-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2020\/carleton-presents-cu-in-the-city-sun-sand-and-sex-a-conversation-about-sex-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Presents CU in the City \u2013 Sun, Sand, and Sex: A Conversation about Sex Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Presents CU in the City \u2013 Sun, Sand, and Sex: A Conversation about Sex Tourism\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/\">Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences<\/a> (FASS) presents CU in the City, a popular series of talks that shares FASS research in communities across Ottawa and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This edition of CU in the City features <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/womensstudies\/people\/megan-rivers-moore\/\">Megan Rivers-Moore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/people\/marie-eve-carrier-moisan\/\">Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan<\/a> discussing sex tourism. What is sex tourism? Why do tourists and locals participate in it? What is in it for them? What do love and sex have to do with it? What about money and race?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: March 3, 2020 at 6:30 P.M.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Venus Envy, 226 Bank Street<br>\n<strong>To register<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/cu-city-sun-sand-sex-conversation-sex-tourism\/\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/cu-city-sun-sand-sex-conversation-sex-tourism\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this joint conversation, Rivers-Moore and Carrier-Moisan will share stories from their research on <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/gringo-gulchsex-tourism-and-social-mobility-in-costa-rica\/\">sex tourism in Costa Rica<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/faculty-profile-marie-eve-carrier-moisan\/\">Brazil<\/a>. They will explore some commonly held ideas about buying and selling sex while on vacation, and show that sex tourism works differently and is more complicated than most people think. By sharing stories and experiences from Brazil and Costa Rica, they hope to shed light on this complex issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Newsroom: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/<\/a><strong><br>\nThe Conversation: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/the-conversation\/\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/the-conversation\/<\/a><strong><br>\nFollow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University\u2019s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) presents CU in the City, a popular series of talks that shares FASS research in communities across Ottawa and Canada. This edition of CU in the City features Megan Rivers-Moore and Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan discussing sex tourism. What is sex tourism? 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