Cisgender and Transgender Sex Workers from Colombia: The Relation Between Burnout Syndrome and Working Conditions in a Prohibitionist-Regulatory Law

Sánchez-Fuentes, María del Mar; Parra-Barrera, Sandra Milena; Moyano, Nieves

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“…There is great concern with diversity in different contexts, such as schools [119], labor contexts [120], and prisons [121]. These discussions are relevant because, a lot of times, organizations have institutionalized cisnormativity, which makes the trans individual vulnerable to marginalization and discrimination [119].…”

Section: Analysis and Discussion Of The Fourth Subperiod (2011-2021)mentioning

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A Science Mapping Analysis of Sixty-Seven Years of Scientific Evolution about the Transgender Population

Bender¹,

Sott²,

Fernandes³

et al. 2021

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Gender and identity issues permeate society as a whole. Therefore, the matters involving transgender individuals should be analised in order to understand the difficulties experienced by this population and the social practices implemented. In this sense, the objective of this study was to investigate the strategic themes and their evolution in relation to the theme. For this, a bibliometric performance and network analysis (BPNA) was carried out with the existing data in the Web of Science database between 1954 and march 2021. Twenty-three thousand and four hundred and seventy-one (23,471) articles were identified, which were included in the SciMAT software to perform a bibliometric analysis, resulting in the graph of the thematic evolution structure and the strategic diagram, in which 8 motor themes and a cross-cutting theme of great magnitude are highlighted, which are discussed in depth. The results show the relation between the transgender theme and gender, identity, sexual orientation, hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery. It is concluded that, despite the large number of associated researches, some areas of study are still incipient, such as the inclusion of transgender people in the formal labor market and in the prison context, thus opening field for further studies.

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Section: Analysis and Discussion Of The Fourth Subperiod (2011-2021)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Science Mapping Analysis of Sixty-Seven Years of Scientific Evolution about the Transgender Population

Bender¹,

Sott²,

Fernandes³

et al. 2021

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“…I got an assistant for doing various works and they also told me to get the coaching and I'm more centered right now with that, but yeah the burnout is like... really easy to have... with online work, I feel." (P13) Whilst burnout is detailed in prior work on digital entrepreneurship in sex work [104] and in sex work more widely [41], our participants described that the additional mental health burden and financial precarity of the pandemic added to their stress: "Normally [before COVID] if I was feeling burnt out I could get a massage or go for a hike on [local mountains] or do something to kind to improve my mental health and bounce back a bit quicker, whereas in the lockdown...I was getting burnt out, [but] couldn't do anything to relieve it, and had to keep working because I just wasn't making as much, it's like a bit of money every day so I had to do it more consistently. So yeah, it was a bit more stressful."…”

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Risk, Resilience and Reward: Impacts of Shifting to Digital Sex Work

Hamilton¹,

Barakat²,

Redmiles³

2022

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Workers from a variety of industries rapidly shifted to remote work at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. While existing work has examined the impact of this shift on office workers, little work has examined how shifting from in-person to online work affected workers in the informal labor sector. We examine the impact of shifting from in-person to online-only work on a particularly marginalized group of workers: sex workers. Through 34 qualitative interviews with sex workers from seven countries in the Global North, we examine how a shift to online-only sex work impacted:(1) working conditions, (2) risks and protective behaviors, and (3) labor rewards. We find that online work offers benefits to sex workers' financial and physical well-being. However, online-only work introduces new and greater digital and mental health risks as a result of the need to be publicly visible on more platforms and to share more explicit content. From our findings we propose design and platform governance suggestions for digital sex workers and for informal workers more broadly, particularly those who create and sell digital content.

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“…In Colombia, the exercise of consensual SW in persons over 18 years of age is not illegal, nor is it penalized; however, inducement to this is illegal, and the social problems that can occur in scenarios where SW is exercised, such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation, child sex pimping and conspiracy to commit a crime [ 32 ]. SW presents inconsistencies in its structuring as work since it is submerged in a doubtful area at the legal level, without guarantees in the promotion and protection of human and labor rights of CWSWs, since there is no clear definition of the exercise nor an absolute acceptance as SW [ 33 ]. At the national level, the current health status of CWSWs is unknown due to the lack of a public health surveillance system articulated with the complexity and variety of SW.…”

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Sexual health beliefs and prevention of sexually transmitted infections among cisgender women sex workers in Colombia

Perdomo Sandoval,

Goberna-Tricas

2024

PLoS ONE

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Introduction The stigma and social discrimination against cisgender women sex workers lead many of them to live in conditions characterized by social inequality, marginalization, persecution, and limited opportunities for sexual health literacy. Consequently, they are often compelled to establish a framework of preventive beliefs with little scientific validity, which they use to identify, mitigate, or avoid sexual health risks arising from their interactions with clients. This study investigates the sexual health beliefs that influence self-care practices aimed at preventing sexually transmitted infections among cisgender women sex workers in Colombia. Methods We conducted a qualitative study framed in Hermeneutic Phenomenology. In-depth interviews and discussion groups were conducted with 34 cisgender women sex workers over 18 years of age in the center of the cities of Bogotá and Barranquilla in Colombia. Results Seven themes emerged from the reflective and inductive thematic analysis of the narratives: (1) popular habits for the prevention of contagion, (2) ocular assessment of genitals, (3) condom lubrication, (4) suspicion of a hidden infection in the client, (5) saliva and oral contact as a source of contagion, (6) avoidance of semen contact, (7) and trust in God as protection. Conclusions The findings reflect the need for health and social professionals to promote participatory and inclusive cooperation with sex workers to update the framework of preventive beliefs that help them guide sexual health self-care with autonomy and self-efficacy, strengthening favorable beliefs and negotiating unfavorable ones. It is also essential to have a sex worker-informed sexual health policy that guides the promotion of sexual health that is sensitive to the needs and consistent with the risks of sex work and ensures friendly and non-oppressive preventive care environments for sex workers.

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Cisgender and Transgender Sex Workers from Colombia: The Relation Between Burnout Syndrome and Working Conditions in a Prohibitionist-Regulatory Law

Cited by 5 publications

References 50 publications

A Science Mapping Analysis of Sixty-Seven Years of Scientific Evolution about the Transgender Population

A Science Mapping Analysis of Sixty-Seven Years of Scientific Evolution about the Transgender Population

Risk, Resilience and Reward: Impacts of Shifting to Digital Sex Work

Sexual health beliefs and prevention of sexually transmitted infections among cisgender women sex workers in Colombia

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