Social support can affect
health outcomes of female sex workers. In this inductive feminist grounded theory study based on
20 in-depth interviews, we explore how establishment-based female sex workers in Tijuana perceive the impact of the connections
among women on their lives and health.
Participants elected to discuss the
importance of social support from mothers, sisters, friends, and co-workers, and the empowering and disempowering aspects of these
relationships. In previous studies, scholars demonstrated the efficacy of
formal organization of female sex workers in promoting the mitigation of sexual and HIV risk. We show
the importance of informal ties with other women. Some participants mentioned
competitive relationships, others talked about cooperation and the desire for a
venue to learn from one another.
Social interactions with other women are
especially empowering when female sex workers can openly engage in "woman talk" that may
contribute to the mitigation of sexual and HIV risk.
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- 1University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
- 2University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA jt.erausquin@uncg.edu.
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