COVID-19, Stigma, and the Ongoing Marginalization of Sex Workers and their Support Organizations
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DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02124-3
Abstract: Primary or first-hand stigma, associated with sex work, sometimes disparagingly referred to as "prostitution" or "whore" stigma, was a fundamental cause of social inequities for sex workers before the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, courtesy stigma,… read more here.
Keywords: worker organizations; sex worker; sex; stigma ... See more keywords
Darker deals? Male dark tetrad preferences for female sex worker services
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07389
Abstract: The present study explored links between male Dark Tetrad personality traits (psychopathy, Machiavellianism, narcissism, sadism) and preferences for using outdoor and indoor female sex worker services. We also investigated the mediating effects of perceiving sex… read more here.
Keywords: sex worker; sex; female sex; dark tetrad ... See more keywords
To Live Freely in This World: Sex Worker Activism in Africa. By Chi Adanna Mgbako. New York: New York University Press, 2016. 272p. $89.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592718000476
Abstract: party leaders, backbenchers, and others) take into account. In response, legislators anticipate actions and decide their strategies in accordance with the incentive structure that confronts them. Yet this aspect of legislative bargaining is only vaguely… read more here.
Keywords: freely world; live freely; sex worker; new york ... See more keywords
The voices of Izwi Lethu: Interview reflections on a newsletter collaboration between researchers and sex worker activists in South Africa and its life beyond the academy
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DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2061555
Abstract: ABSTRACT This piece features the voices of sex worker participants in a collaborative project between the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS) at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Sisonke National Sex Workers… read more here.
Keywords: izwi lethu; newsletter; sex worker; sex workers ... See more keywords
Exposed and unprotected: Sex worker vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 health emergency in Mozambique
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DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2092184
Abstract: ABSTRACT Measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 have been shown to disproportionately affect the marginalised groups in our societies. We studied the impacts of national restrictions on young adult sex workers in Mozambique, and… read more here.
Keywords: emergency; health; sex worker; covid ... See more keywords
Between pandemics: sex worker, sexual minority, and transgender activism from HIV to COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2124531
Abstract: ABSTRACT Public health crises alter political landscapes. This article investigates social movement strategies during and between the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics. We conducted a set of eighteen in-depth interviews with eleven leaders of organisations working… read more here.
Keywords: hiv covid; sex worker; covid; covid pandemics ... See more keywords
Masculinity for Sale: Shan Migrant Sex Worker Men in Thailand and Questions of Identity
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DOI: 10.1177/1097184x221119793
Abstract: The Thai sex industry sector catering to sex between men has recently shifted to a predominately migrant workforce, particularly in northern part of the country. The majority of sex worker men in Chiang Mai, a… read more here.
Keywords: worker men; sex worker; masculinity; migrant sex ... See more keywords