"We're basically just naked therapists": Sex work, stigma, and psychological empowerment

The criminalization of sex work continues to stigmatize people who sell sex. Nevertheless, people who sell sex are not a monolith. In this study, we draw from semistructured interviews with 50 active sex workers, most of whom were white and from middle-class backgrounds, to show how they experienced...

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Authors: Fowler, Kurt W. (Author) ; Grundetjern, Heidi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Criminology
Year: 2025, Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 614-638
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