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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Sex Work"”.
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Sex work and health in London
… publications from two decades of research into sex work and health. The papers report on the risks and determinants of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) in women selling sex in London. The research combined clinical, epidemiological and anthropological methods in a programme …
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ONLYFANS AND THE PLATFORMIZATION OF SEX WORK
The thesis investigates the platformization of sex work. Employing a mixed methodology, including a comprehensive platform ethnography, in-depth interviews with 35 digital sex workers, and qualitative digital methods, OnlyFans is examined as a primary case study to explore how digital platforms are …
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An exploration of coping in sex work
… the coping strategies used by women involved in sex work, to manage the different risks inherent in the field. The literature review considers the ways in which women seek to manage a stigmatised identity in order to promote their own psychological wellbeing. The research paper explores the …
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Predictors of Violence, Traumatic Stress, and Burnout in Sex Work
… the findings of an online survey of 339 sex workers in Canada and the United States concerning their experiences of traumatic stress, burnout, and violence by clients, their working conditions and environment, and their perceptions and experiences of their clients. The survey was designed …
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Brazilian Camming: The Monetization of Intimacy in Online Sex Work
… insecurity. Camming is a genre of online sex work, in which cam models sell their body image and attention online through computer-mediated interactions. It constitutes a profitable activity that employs body performance without physical contact between model and client, typical in most …
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Prurient Nature: Sex Work and Ethics at the Margins of Finance
… industry. Based on twenty-four months of fieldwork in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, and Washington D.C., the dissertation demonstrates that transactional infrastructures, including payment processors, credit card systems, financial institutions like banks, as well as novel technologies like …
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Narratives of sex work : exploring stories of entry, experience and meaning
Research into the reasons why sex workers enter and stay in sex work has largely viewed entry from perspectives of either choice or constraint. Choice perspectives attribute entry to reasons such as female agency and empowerment, and social and financial independence, while constraint perspectives …
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The socio-legal significance of decriminalising sex work in South Africa
… question: How would the decriminalisation of sex work model align with the South African human rights framework? The dissertation recommends the decriminalisation model of law reform, as it will fulfil public health goals and respect human rights. The study highlights the systemic patterns of …
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A qualitative exploration of the experiences of women involved in sex work
… explores lived experiences of women involved in sex work and is comprised of three parts: a literature review, research paper, and critical appraisal. The literature review is a meta-synthesis of the ways women involved in sex work cope with the associated stigma. It synthesised findings from 14 …
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The social organisation of sex work : implications for female prostitutes' health and safety
… the occupational risks they face. Most of this work has been conducted with women who work on the streets, although estimates suggest that indoor prostitution (saunas and private flats) in particular is a growing area of commercial sex. This thesis aims to examine the social and economic …
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Chutes and Ladders: Climate Variability and the Decision to Enter Sex Work in India
… for a particularly vulnerable population: female sex workers in India. Using a unique survey of 5,498 female sex workers from 122 origin districts, I use a proportional hazards model to test the impact of climate variability on the probability of entry into sex work in a given year. Contrary to …
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The Labour of Paying for Education: An Exploration of Student Sex Work in Canada
… a small body of research that examines student sex work in a Canadian context. By drawing on data gathered from semi-structured qualitative interviews with ten student sex workers, this thesis seeks to gain a nuanced understanding of students' experiences with sex work in Canada, and their use …
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(Re)covering Women: The State, Morality, and Cultural Discourses of Sex -Work in Cuba
… and practices surrounding the body and sex-work, I explore how categories of difference (race, gender, sexuality), considered to be the effects of capital by the Revolution, are lived, experienced, negotiated, and played out in everyday Cuban life, as well as re-inscribed by the State …
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“To be or not to be?”: The decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa
… Declaration in 2019, made the commitment to working towards decriminalising sex work in South Africa as a means to also fight GBV. This in-line with what organisations that advocate for sex work such as the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) and Sonke Gender Justice have …
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A Court of Public Opinion: American Sex Work in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Late nineteenth-century sex workers in the United States left behind few written records. In contrast, men and women not involved in the sex work trade made their opinions well known. To peacefully exist in the public sphere of society, Gilded Age women relied on being perceived as good, moral, and …
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A feminist critique of the prostitution/sex work debate: recommendations for legislative change in South Africa
The fact that the exchange of sexual acts for money no longer solely goes by the name 'prostitution', but is now also being referred to as 'sex work', suggests there is a new body of thought tackling the old perceptions and levels of acceptability that the industry has experienced in the past. The …
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"But sex work is good but I don't want to do it": Black men's narrative of selling sex
Sex work within the South African context has become a much contested issue; with different perspectives emerging on the topic from various stakeholders. Sex work in South Africa, takes place in a complex context of poverty and lack of jobs, which plays a part in men's entry into the profession. …
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Public Opinion, Press Coverage and the Pempho Banda Case: Contesting Sex Work Criminalization in Malawi's Developing Tourism Sector
… debate over the social and legal status of sex workers in the southern African country. It also brought to light that efforts to stimulate tourism had inadvertently boosted the country's sex work industry. To move away from a reliance on agriculture and bolster socio-economic growth and its …
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Factors Facilitating and Hindering Safer Sex Negotiations Among Female Sex Workers in Pune, India: Conversations With Women in Sex Work
… the ecological factors influencing FSW safer sex negotiations in this geographical context. Understanding these issues is necessary to make HIV/AIDS prevention programs successful.
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