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Crossroads of choice: a qualitative study of the factors influencing decisions to transition from sex work among women engaged in sex work in Southern Uganda [PDF]
BMC Women's HealthBackground Women engaged in commercial sex work (WESW) are exposed to behavioral, biological, and structural factors that exacerbate their risk of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections.
Jennifer Nattabi +9 more
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022 Indigenous adolescents in Canada are among those shouldering the impacts of colonialism and racism. Peer approaches and art-and-land-based programming have demonstrated promise to support empowerment and well-being, yet little is known about their ...
Lesley Gittings +8 more
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The Lived Experiences of Male Sex Workers: A Global Qualitative Meta-Synthesis
Sexes, 2023 The sex industry literature predominantly focuses on the lived experiences of cisgender female sex workers, their customers, and work dynamics. Recently, there has been a shift in the discourse regarding sex work as the sex industry has been openly ...
Michael G. Curtis, Joshua L. Boe
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Social Sciences, 2021 In 2003, Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) passed the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 (PRA), which decriminalized sex work for NZ citizens and holders of permanent residency (PR) while excluding migrant sex workers (MSWs) from its protection. This is due to Section
Calum Bennachie +8 more
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Sex for seniors: how physicians discuss older adult’s sexuality
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2020 Background This study examined physicians’ perspectives on sexuality in later life. Methods In-depth interviews were conducted among 38 physicians with various specialties and they were asked to discuss sexuality in later life within the medical context.
Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan +5 more
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Review of the “Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality”
Philosophies, 2023 This paper is a review essay of the recently published Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality, edited by Brian D. Earp, Clare Chambers, and Lori Watson (2022). The anthology consists of an introduction and 40 essays, and it has eight parts:
Raja Halwani
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Social Sciences, 2020 Brazil has made international headlines for the government’s inept and irresponsible response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, sex worker activists have once again taken on an essential role in responding to the pandemic amidst State absences ...
Betania Santos +7 more
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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022 Background Sex work criminalization and occupational stigma pose barriers to sex workers’ access to support services, including community participation — engagement with sex work specific community organizing at both formalized and grassroots capacities.
Jennie Pearson +6 more
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Social Sciences, 2021 In many feminist and sociological accounts of sex work, the concept of exploitation resides on the subjacent notion of objectification, codified in the omnipresent belief that the sex worker sells their body.
Thaddeus Blanchette +2 more
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Beyond Sex/Work: Understanding Work and Identity of Female Sex Workers in South China
Social Inclusion, 2020 While scholars and activists often advocate using the term ‘sex worker’ in preference to prostitute, in my research I found that female prostitutes in the Pearl River Delta area, south China, do not like to be addressed as such, and prefer the title ...
Yu Ding
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