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Middle class white men simultaneously construct powerful manhood in terms of both 'civilized manliness' and 'primitive masculinity' to combine white superiority with male dominance. Civilized manliness comes from the idea that civilization is a racial concept. It was believed that races progressed through a natural progression from savagery to civilization. This belief entitled white men to believe that they were superior to those other savage and barbaric races. Primitive masculinity is used to impose differences between the genders. Men were supposedly naturally more aggressive while women were more subdued. They are supposed to be seen as a dominating force. Tourism promotes the notion of the ideal global tourist by allowing the civilized rich man to be pampered by the poorer and barbaric races.
"For to be a poor society in the late twentieth century is to be "unspoiled." (Grewel Kaplan 392) By being 'unspoiled' these tourist destinations are seen as barbaric since they were......

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