I ran across a blog post talking very briefly about a documentary, produced by HBO, supposedly about the sex life of Dominicanos. The post said that it was a "montaje" (fake) and says (translation):It's not untrue that there is sexual frenzy in our society, but to me what is presented there seemed staged.

I watched the first part of the video, and I'm not sure what it says about Dominican sexuality (actually, I have some strong feelings about it with no relation to a culture -- but I'll keep those to myself for now), but apparently Dominican talk show host "Nuria" has a few things to say on her show tonight. We'll stand by for her comments, but in the meantime, the Domincan Tourism secretary has something to add : "The government's secretary of tourism rejects the documentary presented by the American television network HBO which promotes the Dominican Republic as a sexual paradise, because the material is sensationalist and totally distorts the social and cultural reality of the Dominican people."

I'm including a link to the video because I'd like to get our Dominicano readers' take on what it says, if anything about your culture and your sexuality. Does it stereotype Dominican women? And to all readers: is it offensive?

It's absolutely offensive. It is one big sex tourism ad. While I'm sure our male readers got excited, it glamourizes sex work, not explaining that ofetn these women have little other option but to be a sex worker (although let me be clear I have nothing against sex work itself).

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