Caught Between the Tiger and the Crocodile

Cambodian Sex Workers' Experiences of Structural and Physical Violence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4577787
AutoresMelissa Ditmore (0000-0002-1579-5235, Schlumberger (Ireland), autor de correspondencia), Melissa Hope Ditmore
Año2014
Volumen15
Número1
Páginas22-31
Fecha de publicación2014-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Gender and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1524-0657 • E-ISSN: 1940-9206
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15240657.2014.877726
OpenAlexW2026581811
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas9

Thirty-four sex workers across Cambodia, a small, postconflict country in Southeast Asia, were interviewed about violence including rape that they have experienced as well as life experiences that led them to become sex workers. Poverty and loss of family land were frequent contributing factors to undertaking sex work; sex workers experience high rates of violence including rape and policy abuse. Poverty, displacement, and violence including rape contribute to symptoms of trauma reported by interviewees. Mental health services are not widely available but findings demonstrate that there is great need. The very social structures that contribute to poverty, sex work, and stigmatization of women who do not adhere to gender ideals also inhibit support for effective responses, like rights-based campaigns by sex workers, to potentially traumatic incidents including violence

Criminology · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Intimate partner · Mental health · Poison control · Political science · Poverty · Psychiatry · Sex work · Suicide prevention · Cambodian History and Society · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues