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Violence against Prostitutes
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Abstract Violence has long been assumed to be an intrinsic trait of female prostitution. However, it has been mostly associated with the locale in which the activity is exercised, i.e. with working time and space. In this article, based on data gathered by direct ... view more
Violence has long been assumed to be an intrinsic trait of female prostitution. However, it has been mostly associated with the locale in which the activity is exercised, i.e. with working time and space. In this article, based on data gathered by direct observations, in-depth interviews and the compilation of so-called time-budgets, the authors demonstrate that violence is as pervasive and omnipresent a feature of prostitutes’ ostensibly private ‘off-duty’ (non-working) time and space, though it takes on varied and distinct forms and configurations, compared to violence in the workplace.... view less
Free Keywords
female prostitutes; indoor-prostitution; ‘off-duty’ forms and expressions of violence;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 61-81
Journal
European Journal of Women's Studies, 12 (2005) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506805048856
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)