RT Article
T1 The Intimate Relationship Experiences of Women Engaged in Transactional Sex Work in Barbados
JF Violence against women
VO 29
IS 3/4
SP 580
OP 601
A1 Kyriakakis, Stavroula
A1 Henning, Jenna
A1 Goddard-Durant, Sadie
A2 Henning, Jenna
A2 Goddard-Durant, Sadie
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1835662633
AB This phenomenological study, consisting of individual interviews with a sample of 30 women engaged in sex work, examines the intimate relationships of women engaged in sex work in Barbados. Participants often entered relationships with men they met while engaged in sex work. Most experienced relationships that became transactional, abusive, and exploitative. Intimate partner violence (IPV) challenged their ability to negotiate condom use with intimate partners placing them at risk for HIV. A cycle emerged of entering relationships to exit the violent conditions of sex work and then re-entering sex work to escape IPV. Implications for mental health, HIV prevention, IPV, and empowerment services are described.
K1 Caribbean
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 intimate relationships
K1 transactional sex work
DO 10.1177/10778012211058227