‘Hot, Young, Buff’: An Indigenous Australian Gay Male View of Sex Work
Social Inclusion, 2021 Research has historically constructed youths who are involved in sex work as victims of trafficking, exploitation, poverty, and substance abuse. These perceptions often cast the sex worker as deviant and in need of ‘care’ and ‘protection.’ Rarely seen ...
Corrinne Sullivan
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Attitudes towards sex workers: a nationwide cross-sectional survey among German healthcare providers
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundWorldwide, sex workers face stigmatization and discrimination, also within healthcare. Only few studies on healthcare providers’ attitudes towards care of sex workers have been performed.
Benedikt P. Langenbach +8 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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The role of sex work laws and stigmas in increasing HIV risks among sex workers
Nature Communications, 2020 Globally HIV incidence is slowing, however HIV epidemics among sex workers are stable or increasing in many settings. While laws governing sex work are considered structural determinants of HIV, individual-level data assessing this relationship are ...
C. Lyons +15 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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Characteristics, sexual behaviour and risk factors of female, male and transgender sex workers in South Africa [PDF]
, 2013 Background. In South Africa, information on sex workers' characteristics, sexual behaviour and health needs is limited. Current social, legal and institutional factors impede a safe working environment for sex workers and their clients. Objectives.
Chersich, Matthew +3 more
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Social Sciences, 2017 Historically, academic literature on sex work has documented the changing debates, policies, and cultural discourse surrounding the sex industry, and their impact on the rights of sex workers worldwide.
Megan Lowthers +3 more
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“Disadvantaged in the American-dominated Internet”: Sex, Work, and Technology
International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2020 How do people in a precarious profession leverage technology to grow their business and improve their quality of life? Sex workers sit at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities and make up a sizeable workforce: the United Nations estimates ...
Catherine Barwulor +3 more
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Understanding the Diversity of People in Sex Work: Views from Leaders in Sex Worker Organizations
Social Sciences, 2023 Criminal laws in Canada and many other countries are currently premised on the assumption of homogeneity, that is, people in sex work are cis women and girls who are being sexually exploited/sex trafficked.
Andrea Mellor, Cecilia Benoit
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'It is like a tomato stall where someone can pick what he likes': structure and practices of female sex work in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Effective interventions among female sex workers require a thorough knowledge of the context of local sex industries. We explore the organisation of female sex work in a low socio-economic setting in Kampala, Uganda.
A-M Cote +34 more
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