They Are Not Romeo Pimps , They Are Traffickers

Overcoming the Socially Dominant Discourse to Prevent the Sex Trafficking of Youth

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2386679
AutoresGuiomar Merodio (0000-0002-8666-4320, Nebrija University, Madrid, Spain), Elena Duque (Universitat de Barcelona), Juan Carlos Peña-Axt (0000-0002-7689-566X), Juan Carlos Axt Peña (Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile)
Año2020
Volumen26
Número8-9
Páginas1010-1018
Fecha de publicación2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800420938881
OpenAlexW3043312871
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas32

Innovative research on sex trafficking is increasingly focusing on the relevance of social relationships in the process of recruitment of young women into sex trafficking. Within the dimension of social interactions, concern is growing about coercive and deceptive intimate relationship-based strategies that traffickers use to recruit young women. To research this recruitment process, the analysis and background on the Language of Desire has allowed us to identify, through qualitative methodology, the standardized use of terms such as Loverboys or Romeo pimps to refer to these traffickers. The extended use of these terms in research, preventive programs, and in general society makes it difficult to reject these violent recruiters and therefore reproduces the vulnerability of young girls to sex traffickers. The qualitative research on sex trafficking presented in this article suggests that they are not Romeo pimps or Loverboys , but traffickers, critically questioning the dominant social discourse imposed on them

Computer security · Criminology · Human trafficking · Qualitative research · Sex trafficking · Social science · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology