Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, Thailand
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai, Thailand and analyze the associations among demographic data, sexual activities, sexual orientation, attitudes and working conditions based on the level of se...
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| description | Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai, Thailand and analyze the associations among demographic data, sexual activities, sexual orientation, attitudes and working conditions based on the level of sexual harassment. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a cross-sectional study that approached 184 Thai female beer promoters in Chiang Mai by a snowball sampling technique. Data were collected through a self-administrative questionnaire to find demographic data, sexual activities, sexual orientation, attitudes, sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment while working as a beer promoter. Descriptive, Pearson’s χ2 and Fisher exact tests were performed to describe and determine the associations. Findings – The findings highlight that sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment are found among female beer promoters. In total, 62.5 percent of them ever had sexual intercourse and 25.2 percent did not use condom. For sexual harassment, most of respondents had experienced a medium level harassment especially verbal harassment (73.9 percent). It associated with currently student status (p=0.038), having sexual intercourse experience (p=0.024), and type of job (p=0.002). Originality/value – This paper explores the sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in the northern part of Thailand, containing the information on how common are the types of sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment experiences among a specific and hard-to-reach population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3290cdd27a994aed9e8cb01c4784169e2023-09-03T00:43:06ZengCollege of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn UniversityJournal of Health Research0857-44212586-940X2020-03-0134216817810.1108/JHR-03-2019-0056635542Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, ThailandMathudara Phaiyarom0Montakarn Chuemchit1College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandCollege of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai, Thailand and analyze the associations among demographic data, sexual activities, sexual orientation, attitudes and working conditions based on the level of sexual harassment. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a cross-sectional study that approached 184 Thai female beer promoters in Chiang Mai by a snowball sampling technique. Data were collected through a self-administrative questionnaire to find demographic data, sexual activities, sexual orientation, attitudes, sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment while working as a beer promoter. Descriptive, Pearson’s χ2 and Fisher exact tests were performed to describe and determine the associations. Findings – The findings highlight that sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment are found among female beer promoters. In total, 62.5 percent of them ever had sexual intercourse and 25.2 percent did not use condom. For sexual harassment, most of respondents had experienced a medium level harassment especially verbal harassment (73.9 percent). It associated with currently student status (p=0.038), having sexual intercourse experience (p=0.024), and type of job (p=0.002). Originality/value – This paper explores the sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in the northern part of Thailand, containing the information on how common are the types of sexual risk behavior and sexual harassment experiences among a specific and hard-to-reach population.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JHR-03-2019-0056/full/pdf?title=sex-in-the-city-sexual-risk-behaviors-and-sexual-harassment-among-female-beer-promoters-in-chiang-mai-province-thailandsexual harassmentbeer promoterssexual risk behaviours |
| spellingShingle | Mathudara Phaiyarom Montakarn Chuemchit Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, Thailand Journal of Health Research sexual harassment beer promoters sexual risk behaviours |
| title | Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, Thailand |
| title_full | Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, Thailand |
| title_fullStr | Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, Thailand |
| title_short | Sex in the city: Sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in Chiang Mai province, Thailand |
| title_sort | sex in the city sexual risk behaviors and sexual harassment among female beer promoters in chiang mai province thailand |
| topic | sexual harassment beer promoters sexual risk behaviours |
| url | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JHR-03-2019-0056/full/pdf?title=sex-in-the-city-sexual-risk-behaviors-and-sexual-harassment-among-female-beer-promoters-in-chiang-mai-province-thailand |
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