Date de publication
Géographie
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L’objectif
This study aimed to explore how people who use drugs in rural counties across the United States appraise sex work by themselves or other community members.
Constatations/points à retenir
Participants expressed negative attitudes towards sex work as a function of its criminal-legal repercussions or framed sex work as morally transgressive. Many appraisals were gendered, with the behavior conveyed as being “easier” for women who were often described as “whores,” with more neutral terms used to describe men. Some viewed sex work as an implicit “exchange” for drugs. Several participants noted a lack of agency as a feature leading to involvement in sex work, with partner power dynamics influencing an individual's behavior. Finally, a few participants acknowledged the circumstances under which they would newly engage in sex work.
La conception ou méthodologie de recherche
Qualitative interview data (n=355) came from the Rural Opioid Initiative (ROI), a project coordinated by research teams across 65 rural counties in 10 states.
