Backstreets: Prostitution, Money and Love.

Heyl, Barbara Sherman; Hoigard, Cecilie; Finstad, Liv; Hanson, Katherine; Sipe, Nancy; Wilson, Barbara

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“…Because the prostitution transaction itself is paradigmatic of men's subordination of women, men's purchase of sex may "mag-nify and clarify" some of the characteristics associated with hostile masculine sexual identity (Hoigard & Finstad, 1992). Our findings suggest that frequency of buying sex is predictive of sexual aggression and of other variables associated with sexual aggression.…”

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“…Malamuth and Pitpitan (2007) also found that promiscuity (here defined as lifetime number of sex partners) was a contributing factor in a confluence model of sexual aggression. A possible interpretation of these findings is that men who buy sex are caught in an addictive loop in which their desire for intimacy is sexualized but is never satisfied by the impersonal nature of prostitution sex (Hoigard & Finstad, 1992). Jeffreys (1997) noted that men ascribe reactions and desires to women in prostitution in ways that are sexually arousing to the man who is buying sex but that have little basis in reality.…”

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“…There were no differences in age, occupation, or social status. However, the researchers were not able to interview the men regarding their attitudes toward women, nor about their attribution of meaning to the prostitution transaction (Hoigard & Finstad, 1992).…”

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Attitudes and social characteristics of men who buy sex in Scotland.

Farley¹,

Macleod²,

Anderson³

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Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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We investigated attitudes, behaviors, and demographics of 110 men who bought sex in Scotland. Those men who most frequently used women in prostitution were most likely to have committed sexually aggressive acts against nonprostituting women. High-frequency users of women in prostitution used pornography more frequently than men who used women in prostitution less frequently. We found strong associations of these men's acceptance of rape myths with their hostile masculine identification and their acceptance of prostitution myths. Acceptance of rape myths was associated with the men's belief that prostitution prevents rape of nonprostituting women. The men's perceptions of prostituted women's experiences of prostitution tended to differ from the actual perceptions of prostituted women in other studies. Deterrents to prostitution include public exposure or jail time if the men were convinced that laws would be enforced. The ambivalence and guilt of men who buy sex may serve as points of entry for prostitution prevention programs.

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Attitudes and social characteristics of men who buy sex in Scotland.

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“…A little less than a third of the women in Månsson and Hedin's (1999) Swedish sample periodically returned to prostitution, for instance in between vocational training, welfare receipt, and temporary employment. Matthews et al (2014) in England and Hoigard and Finstad (1992) in Norway also report that many women in their respective studies who successfully exited had experienced several returns to prostitution before their final exit. Among Dalla's (2006) American sample of 43 women, some incarcerated and some in a community exit program, only five of the 18 women she was able to locate for a 3‐year follow‐up interview had not returned to prostitution.…”

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“I was already there once”: Cumulative attempt capital of marginalized women exiting substance use and street prostitution contributes to their recovery capital

Gesser

2024

American J of Comm Psychol

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Despite a move to view substance use as a disease of the brain, relapse into drugs is still often viewed as a personal failure. Low recovery capital has been used to explain relapse among certain marginalized populations. Recovery capital is a recent framework that refers to the individual's sum of all internal and external assets that may assist in their recovery process. It includes four categories: physical, human, social, and cultural capital. However, this framework does not relate to the role of actual relapses in the recovery process, despite their common occurrence. To bridge this gap, in‐depth interviews with 29 women formerly engaged in substance use and street prostitution in a large urban area were used to probe women about their relapse and recovery experiences. The current study demonstrates the value in repeat recovery setbacks, what I term “cumulative attempt capital”: lessons learned from previous recovery attempts. I argue that previous attempts improve women's social and professional networks, help them learn from past mistakes, improve and maintain their health, and provide them with a sense of self‐efficacy. This research expands our understanding of the positive role failed attempts play in one's recovery. Such reframing by service providers can alleviate a sense of shame and low self‐worth for women in street prostitution and substance use and has implications for policy and program development.

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“…Investigaciones realizadas en otros países occidentales (Noruega y Estados Unidos, por ejemplo) coinciden con observaciones similares: una heterogeneización creciente del mundo de la prostitución bajo el doble efecto de su precarización y represión (e.g. Hoigard & Finstad, 1992;Bernstein, 2007;Weitzer, 2010).…”

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Apoyos normativos y competencias para la emancipación: el ejemplo de las prostitutas

Mathieu

2014

B. el V.

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Si la condición de la prostitución aparece como una de las más claras instancias de dominación en nuestras sociedades, los caminos de la emancipación de aquellos que son sus víctimas se revelan contradictorios: desde la desaparición de la sexualidad venal considerada intrínsecamente inadmisible hasta su total reconocimiento en tanto que oficio. De hecho, las reivindicaciones de los movimientos de “los trabajadores del sexo” se revelan vulnerables frente a la sospecha de la enajenación, mientras que el objetivo de abolición de una actividad se expone al reproche de paternalismo cuando no encuentra el asentimiento de las propias prostitutas. El artículo cuestiona estas concepciones rivales en relación a la emancipación de las prostitutas cuando plantea las condiciones sociales de oposición a su dominaciónen el centro de la reflexión. Por eso, abre un debate sobre las reflexiones en lo que se refiere a la subjetivación de Foucault y Rancière, y esboza pistas de análisis inspiradas en la sociología de Pierre Bourdieu y, aunque más pragmática, la iniciada por Luc Boltanski.

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Backstreets: Prostitution, Money and Love.

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Attitudes and social characteristics of men who buy sex in Scotland.

Attitudes and social characteristics of men who buy sex in Scotland.

“I was already there once”: Cumulative attempt capital of marginalized women exiting substance use and street prostitution contributes to their recovery capital

Apoyos normativos y competencias para la emancipación: el ejemplo de las prostitutas

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