欲望与都市：中国外来工的困惑
摘要：在深圳，30多个外来工联名上访争取“夫妻生活权”，引起了不小的反响。本文描述了外来工夫妻房欠缺的事实，同时给出了解决夫妻房问题的比较好的例子和建议。
Sex and the City: Migrant workers’ dilemma in China
The news that 30 married migrant workers in a factory in Shenzhen wrote a letter to a local newspaper to claim the right to live with their wives was a big story across China several weeks ago. In short, Chen Qiang (an alias), who wrote the letter on behalf of his colleagues, claimed that prior to 2004 workers were only allowed to spend two nights every month outside the factory grounds. Workers were in effect confined to quarters. Married workers could meet their wives only twice a month and could not therefore spend time with their wives. After protesting to the factory, the workers were finally allowed to sleep outside once per week. However, young couples especially complained that this was not enough.
Although the sex lives of migrant workers have been the subject of concern for some time (mainly by journalists), Chen’s letter was the first time migrant workers themselves had publicly stated that they also need sex, just like everybody else. The issue is not insignificant. There are more than 7 million migrant workers in Shenzhen alone, and 35% of them have been joined by their wives or husbands. However, although they live in the same city, married couples are often forced to live separate lives. Typically, married migrant couples do not have the resources to rent or own their own house in one of China’s most expensive urban environments. To save what they can of their limited wages, couples most often live in different dormitories in different factori
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