Theorizing the Continuities Between Marriage and Sex Work in the Experience of Female Sex Workers in Pune, Maharashtra
Marriage is near-universal in India, where most cisgender women sex workers have been married at some point in their lives, while also navigating responsibilities to family and children. In this paper, we explore how cisgender women sex workers in Pune, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, experience...
Main Authors: | Shakthi Nataraj, Sutapa Majumdar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-02-01
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Series: | Social Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/2/52 |
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