TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Very little research has examined how prostitute women relate to each other. Drawing on interviews, focus groups, and observations with 76 women engaged in street-level prostitution in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and a mid-Atlantic state, we show how prostitute women provide mutual assistance both to meet their basic needs and as part of their ethical norms, in contrast to the stigmatized characterizations of prostitute women as morally deficient. Women’s relationships offer them concrete support and encouragement while simultaneously producing a counter-narrative that challenges their stigmatized identities.
VL  - 71
SN  - 978-1-78635-040-4, 978-1-78635-039-8/1059-4337
DO  - 10.1108/S1059-433720160000071003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-433720160000071003
AU  - Shdaimah Corey
AU  - Leon Chrysanthi S.
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Relationships among Stigmatized Women Engaged in Street-Level Prostitution: Coping with Stigma and Stigma Management
T2  - Special Issue: Problematizing Prostitution: Critical Research and Scholarship
T3  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 43
EP  - 62
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -