Prostitution, violence and female migration in Spain
Prostitution is the subject of some of the most complex and fragmented of all current debates in Spain. To contribute to this debate and understand the situation facing women in this sector, ethnographic data and 41 interviews were gathered over three years. The results show, among other things, tha...
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| description | Prostitution is the subject of some of the most complex and fragmented of all current debates in Spain. To contribute to this debate and understand the situation facing women in this sector, ethnographic data and 41 interviews were gathered over three years. The results show, among other things, that women engaged in sex work are affected by several types of inequality and intersectionality (gender, nationality, ethnicity, family burdens, administrative status, language, level and location of prostitution) that shape their situation within the sex industry, offering them greater or lesser protection from violence. The threat of violence comes above all from clients, partners, pimps, the conditions around them and police persecution. What is more, negative and criminalising attitudes towards prostitution lead to greater stigmatisation and violence. In spite of this, women have developed self-defence mechanisms and created support networks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e695430ca2e4c90afc80162755abeaf2023-05-09T11:19:54ZspaBarcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals1133-65952013-035X2023-04-0113311313510.24241/rcai.2023.133.1.11Prostitution, violence and female migration in SpainCarmen Meneses-Falcón0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-4253Olaya García-Vázquez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3625-274XProfesora propia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Universidad Pontificia ComillasInvestigadora FPU, Instituto Universitario de Estudios sobre Migraciones, Universidad Pontificia ComillasProstitution is the subject of some of the most complex and fragmented of all current debates in Spain. To contribute to this debate and understand the situation facing women in this sector, ethnographic data and 41 interviews were gathered over three years. The results show, among other things, that women engaged in sex work are affected by several types of inequality and intersectionality (gender, nationality, ethnicity, family burdens, administrative status, language, level and location of prostitution) that shape their situation within the sex industry, offering them greater or lesser protection from violence. The threat of violence comes above all from clients, partners, pimps, the conditions around them and police persecution. What is more, negative and criminalising attitudes towards prostitution lead to greater stigmatisation and violence. In spite of this, women have developed self-defence mechanisms and created support networks.https://raco.cat/index.php/RevistaCIDOB/article/view/415580womenimmigrationprostitutionsex workcriminalisationspain |
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| topic | women immigration prostitution sex work criminalisation spain |
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