Growing up Sexualized
Issues of Power and Violence in the Lives of Female Exotic Dancers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12437894 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer K Wesely (0000-0001-7941-449X, University of Central Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1182-1207 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Violence Against Women (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/107780120200801003 |
| OpenAlex | W4232481742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 19 |
In a modern patriarchal society, women often receive the message that their appearance and sexuality dictate their value as human beings. Some populations, like exotic dancers, capitalize on this construction by receiving monetary rewards for the visual and physical consumption of their sexual bodies. Through interviews with female exotic dancers, the author investigates the ways that these women were sexualized at a young age, often through abuse. The author probes how they negotiated both their child and adult sexual selves and how this intersected with feelings of power and powerlessness and their eventual choices to become dancers. This study demonstrates the complexity of the lives of these women as they try to reclaim power by selling their sexualized bodies for money while still enduring abuse within this context
Context (archaeology · Criminology · Feeling · Human sexuality · Medical emergency · Poison control · Power (physics · Sexual abuse · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
Más allá del lenguaje. La contribución de la semiótica al movimiento feminista a partir del estudio de las prácticas
La sexualidad del rostro
I’m not just made for men”
Exotic dancers in an awkward negotiation
The Work of Fantasy
A Present and a Non-Present Body—Experiencing the Body by Female Sex Workers in Commercial Sexual Relations
Women Make That World Go ‘Round”
I hurt myself because it sometimes helps’
Values, Norms, Power Struggles, and Hierarchy Among Women Working as Club Strippers in Israel
If You Want It, You Can Get It Right Here
Male Strippers and the Toll of Exotic Dance
You’re Not Good Enough”
The Body, The Self
Does Exotic Dancing Lead to Prostitution? An Exploratory Study
Negotiating Myself
Exotic Dancing and the Negotiation of Identity
Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women
The Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Later Sexual Victimization Among Female Homeless and Runaway Adolescents
Ghostly Matters
Live Sex Acts
Femininity and Domination
Whores and Other Feminists
The Making of a Whore
Predictors of Rape Myth Acceptance Among Male Clients of Female Street Prostitutes
Current Information on the Scope and Nature of Child Sexual Abuse
Youth Crisis
Role Identity in a Devalued Occupation
The practice of social research
Life Styles
Stripteasers
Turn-Ons for Money
Working in the Fantasy Factory
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This
Counterfeit intimacy
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |