Where sex ends and emotions begin’
Love and HIV risk among female sex workers and their intimate, non-commercial partners along the Mexico-US border
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15098421 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Syvertsen (0000-0002-2387-7273, University of California San Diego), Jennifer L Syvertsen, Angela M Robertson (0000-0002-3803-2492, University of California San Diego), Lawrence A Palinkas (0000-0003-0974-7330, University of Southern California), Gudelia Rangel (0000-0003-3376-152X, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte), M Gudelia Rangel, Gustavo Martı́nez, Gustavo Martínez (0000-0003-0178-3329), Steffanie A Strathdee (0000-0002-7724-691X, University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 540-554 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691058.2013.773381 |
| PMID | 23473586 |
| PMCID | PMC3674135 |
| OpenAlex | W2003781093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 60 |
This study explores the affective dimensions of female sex workers' relationships with their intimate, non-commercial partners and assesses how emotions shape each partner's sexual and drug-related risk within their relationship. We draw on qualitative data from a study of HIV, sexually transmitted infections and high-risk behaviours among female sex workers and their non-commercial partners in Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to illustrate that these couples share relationships based on love, trust, respect and emotional and material support. These relationships range in emotional intensity, which shapes partners' decisions not to use condoms with each other. Drugs were important in most couples' relationships. Among injectors, syringe sharing was common and represented both a sign of care and a pragmatic reaction to conditions of material scarcity. Our findings suggest that couple-based HIV interventions to address dual sexual and drug-related risks should be tailored to the emotional dynamics of sex workers' intimate relationships
Condom · Developmental psychology · Female sex · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Scarcity · Unsafe Sex · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,69 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |