Sex Work

Prostituzione e contrasto: auto-etnografia di un incidente giudiziario

by Pietro Saitta

Pietro Saitta (2011) Prostituzione e contrasto: auto-etnografia di un incidente giudiziario, "Mondi Migranti", 3, pp. 121-154.

La presente autoetnografia prende le mosse dal fermo, attuato dalla polizia, di un ricercatore impegnato nello studio... more La presente autoetnografia prende le mosse dal fermo, attuato dalla polizia, di un ricercatore impegnato nello studio della prostituzione femminile di strada. L’evento si traduce in un pretesto per riflettere sulla natura delle politiche di contrasto al sesso commerciale e sull’affermazione in Italia di una nuova etica penale fondata sulla prevenzione e sul conferimento di nuovi poteri alle forze di polizia. Inoltre, in questa cornice discorso mediatico e attivismo poliziesco si fondono dando luogo ad una letale combinazione che configura scenari autoritari nel governo della sicurezza.

[2012] Capitalism, Illegality and Subversion: The Pre-Figurative Politics of the 2-Hour Work Day

by Michael Loadenthal

published in Unrest Magazine, Issue 6 March/April 2012.

Though this essay does not seek to apologize for the management and owning class, it does attempt to pose a more... more Though this essay does not seek to apologize for the management and owning class, it does attempt to pose a more challenging question about our relationship to work and survival: What about those of us who make our way through capitalism by exploiting not our neighbors or coworkers, but the outside margins of ‘less than fully regulated’ economies? What about those who seek to work less, yet earn more because they choose to operate in a sphere of employment that exists in between legal and illegal, regulated and unregulated, socially accepted and stigmatized?

Psychosexual and social-cognitive correlates of sexual risk behavior among male clients of female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico

by Angela M Robertson

Semple SJ, Strathdee SA, Gallardo Cruz M, Robertson A, Goldenberg S, Patterson TL. AIDS Care. 2010 Dec;22(12):1473-80.

Male clients of female sex workers (FSWs) may act as a bridge to the general population contributing to the spread of... more Male clients of female sex workers (FSWs) may act as a bridge to the general population contributing to the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the USA and Mexico. This study used cross-sectional data to identify psychosexual and social-cognitive factors associated with sexual risk behavior in a bi-national sample of 300 male clients of FSWs recruited in Tijuana, Mexico from June to October 2008. In a multiple regression analysis, the number of unprotected vaginal sex acts with FSWs was associated with higher sexual compulsivity scores, lower self-efficacy for condom use, greater use of illicit drugs, and more financial need. Behavioral interventions are urgently needed to assist clients of FSWs in reducing high-risk behaviors in an effort to prevent the spread of HIV/STIs in this high-risk population and their sexual partners.

Prevalence and correlates of 'agua celeste' use among female sex workers who inject drugs in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

by Angela M Robertson

Morris MD, Case P, Robertson AM, Lozada R, Vera A, Clapp JD, Medina-Mora ME, Strathdee SA. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Sep 1;117(2-3):219-25. Epub 2011 Mar 26.

BACKGROUND: Agua celeste, or "heavenly water", is the street name for a sky-blue colored solvent reportedly... more BACKGROUND: Agua celeste, or "heavenly water", is the street name for a sky-blue colored solvent reportedly inhaled or ingested to produce an intoxicating effect. Study aims were to (1) describe prevalence of agua celestse (AC) use, and (2) identify correlates of lifetime and recent use of AC use among female sex workers who also inject drugs (FSW-IDUs) in northern Mexico. METHODS: Between 2008 and 2010, baseline data from FSW-IDUs≥18 years old living in Tijuana or Ciudad Juarez participating in a longitudinal behavioral intervention were analyzed using logistic regression. RESULTS: Among 623 FSW-IDUs (307 from Tijuana and 316 from Ciudad Juarez (CJ)), 166 (26%) reported ever using AC, all of whom lived in CJ. Among the CJ sample, lifetime prevalence of AC use was 53%, median age of first use was 16 years (IQR: 14-23), and 10% reported it as their first abused substance. Ever using AC was independently associated with ever being physically abused and younger age, and was marginally associated with initiating injection drug use and regular sex work at age eighteen or younger. Among those ever using AC, 70/166 (42.2%) reported using it within the last 6 months, which was independently associated with using drugs with clients before or during sex, being on the street more than 8h per day, and younger age. DISCUSSIONWe observed considerable geographic variation in the use of AC in northern Mexico. Future studies exploring factors influencing use, its precise formulation(s), and its potential health effects are needed to guide prevention and treatment.

GPH article

by Yasmina Katsulis

'I am helping them':'Traffickers','anti‐traffickers' and economies of bad faith

by Sverre Molland

'The Perfect Business': Human Trafficking and Lao–Thai Cross‐Border Migration

by Sverre Molland

Prostitucija v Sloveniji. Akterji, podoba, problemi in odnosi

by Iztok Šori

Iztok ŠORI (2005). Prostitucija v Sloveniji. Akterji, podoba, problemi in odnosi. Etnolog, 2005 (66): 61-80.

Prostitution is poorly researched in Slovenia in ethnology, anthropology or sociology. The reasons for this condition... more Prostitution is poorly researched in Slovenia in ethnology, anthropology or sociology. The reasons for this condition may be found in the marginalisation and stigmatisation of (female and male) prostitutes and their clients. The findings presented in this article are the result of the author’s nearly one-year investigation of prostitution in Slovenia, and in particular the information provided to him by the actors involved in it: prostitutes and
their clients. Based on interviews with these actors and the use of other relevant sources, the article provides insight into the operation of individual forms of prostitution in Slovenia and into the behaviour, reflections, ways of living, and attitudes of prostitutes and their
clients.

Prostitucija je v Sloveniji tako na področju etnologije in antropologije kot sociologije slabo raziskana. Vzroke za to je mogoče iskati tudi v marginaliziranosti in stigmatiziranosti
prostitutk, prostitutov in klientov. Pričujoči izsledki so rezultat avtorjevega skoraj enoletnega spremljanja prostitucije v Sloveniji in predvsem informacij, ki so mu jih posredovali njeni akterji: prostitutke, prostituti in klienti. Avtor na podlagi intervjujev z njimi ter uporabi drugih relevantnih virov nudi vpogled v delovanje posameznih oblik prostitucije v Sloveniji ter v ravnanja, razmišljanja, način življenja in odnose prostitutk, prostitutov in njihovih klientov.

Liberal Thought and Sex Work Kallock Submission University of Manchester

by Sara Kallock

Muller, Nadine, ‘Selling Sugar: The (Feminist) Politics of Sex Work in Michel Faber’s The Crimson Petal and the White’, in Sexuality in Contemporary Literature, ed. by Joel Gwynne and Angelia Poon (Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2012) (in press)

by Nadine Muller

review of Strip City

by David Schleifer

Empowerment to participate: A case study of participation by Indian sex workers in HIV prevention

by Flora Cornish

published in 'Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology', 2006

Challenging the stigma of sex work in India: Material context and symbolic change

by Flora Cornish

published in 'Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology', 2006

The necessary contradictions of 'community-led' health promotion: A case study of HIV prevention in an Indian red light district

by Flora Cornish

published in 'Social Science & Medicine', 2007

Sex, slaves and citizens: the politics of anti-trafficking

by Rutvica Andrijasevic

History of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective, with Catherine Healy and Anna Reed. In Abel, Fitzgerald & Healy (Eds), Taking the Crime out of Sex Work. Bristol: Policy Press, 2010.

by Calum Bennachie

The Prostitution Reform Act, with Gillian Abel, Catherine Healy and Anna Reed. In Abel, Fitzgerald & Healy (Eds), Taking the Crime out of Sex Work. Bristol: Policy Press, 2010.

by Calum Bennachie

Comment on Melissa Farley's claims regarding decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand

by Calum Bennachie

Bennachie & Marie, 2010, Their words are killing us

by Calum Bennachie

Co-authored with Jan Marie, University of New South Wales.  Published in Research for Sex Work, vol 12.  English and Russian.

Lobbying for Decriminalisation, with Tim Barnett, Catherine Healy, and Anna Reed. In, Abel, Fitzgerald & Healy, Taking the crime our of sex work. Bristol, Policy Press (2010)

by Calum Bennachie