Abstract
Scholars have been grappling with the complexities necessary to discuss sexuality in a Chinese context for several years and, while most recognize the divergence of China's sexual culture from Western ideas of sexuality, they are often still caught in a theoretical and linguistic web that limits their discussions to standard Foucauldian analyses. Unlike commercial sex workers who are often vulnerable to exploitation because of regulations against prostitution, however, Jeffreys explains that men in positions of power are able to evade sexual regulation because of a lack of concern for how sex-related bribery and corruption should be brought under control.