Cisgender male and transgender female sex workers in South Africa: gender variant identities and narratives of exclusion

Samudzi, Zoé; Mannell, Jeneviève

doi:10.1080/13691058.2015.1062558

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“…The participants experienced transphobia in the form of trans‐misogyny; the dangers of trans sex workers disclosing their status to clients and the vulnerability and potential exposure to violence as a result of transphobia have been documented by other researchers (Samudzi and Mannell ). When cis male clients are attracted to trans sex workers, they begin to question their masculinity.…”

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“…When clients expressed attraction and interest toward engaging in sexual acts with them, especially the trans‐feminine participants, many expressed the power of feeling seen, desired, and included. Through their ability to satisfy clients in exchange for large sums of money, participants derived a sense of power and sexual agency (Samudzi and Mannell ).…”

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“…By the same token, being received as sexually desirable in sex work spaces while expressing trans identity served to affirm and empower the participants (Samudzi and Mannell ). Another research study with female trans sex workers found that the participants felt appreciated as “real” women by their male clients (Nadal, Davidoff, and Fujii‐Doe ).…”

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“…This objectification and fetishization can have a negative effect on the self‐worth of trans sex workers if they feel dehumanized. However, Samudzi and Mannell () highlight that while sex work can be a space of commoditization and objectification for female trans sex workers, it can be a place for male trans sex workers to subvert hegemonic gender constructs and redefine masculinity through their sexual non‐conformity and participation in sex work.…”

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“…The construction of binary and hierarchical gender categories creates many challenges for trans sex workers, including a lack of recognition, stigma, social exclusion, and discrimination (Bauer et al. ; Samudzi and Mannell ; Sevelius ; Sugano, Nemoto, and Operario ).…”

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Navigating Intersecting Identities, Self‐Representation, and Relationships: A Qualitative Study with Trans Sex Workers Living and Working in Los Angeles, CA

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2020

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NorthridgeThis qualitative research study highlights the lived experiences and voices of diverse trans sex workers who are living and working in Los Angeles, California. Informed by transgender theory, feminist intersectionality theory, and standpoint feminist theoretical approaches to research, this study uses life history case studies, qualitative interactive interviews, and a life timeline approach with six trans sex workers living and working in various aspects of the sex trade in Los Angeles. This article focuses on the unique experiences of trans sex workers and examines how the intersectional identities of trans sex workers and the institutional forces they come into contact with shape the strengths, challenges, and empowering aspects related to their work in the sex trade, and their individual approaches to navigating personal and professional relationships/roles, maintaining quality of life, and resisting stereotypes and stigma.

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2020

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Why interventions to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV have failed young women in southern Africa

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Introduction Adolescent girls and young women aged 15 to 24 years have some of the highest HIV incidence rates globally, with girls two to four times more likely to be living with HIV than their male peers. High levels of intimate partner violence ( IPV ) experienced by this age group is a significant risk factor for HIV acquisition. While behavioural interventions to prevent IPV and HIV in southern Africa have seen some success in reducing self‐reported experiences of IPV , these interventions have largely failed to achieve similar outcomes for young women. Discussion We identify three main reasons for the failure of IPV / HIV interventions for many young women in southern Africa. First, interventions are usually developed without the meaningful involvement of both young women and young men. Youth input into research design is largely focused on user testing or consultation of targeted groups, involving relatively low levels of participation. Second, interventions are focused on addressing individual risk factors rather than broader social and structural contexts of being a young woman. “Risk factor” interventions, rather than supporting women's agency, can pose a major barrier for supporting changes in behaviour among young women because they often fail to dislodge well‐entrenched gender and age‐related inequalities. Third, current intervention models have not adequately accounted for changes in gender norms and relationships across southern Africa. Individuals are getting married later in life (or not at all), new technologies are transforming romantic interactions and opening new opportunities for violence, and discussions about women's rights are both challenging gender inequalities and reinforcing them. Conclusions In order to move beyond the status quo of current approaches, and to support real innovation, IPV / HIV prevention interventions need to be co‐developed with youth as part of a meaningful participatory process of research, intervention design, youth involvement in development and implementation. This process of co‐development needs to be radical and break with the current focus on adapting existing interventions to meet the needs of young people, which are not well understood and often do not directly reflect their priorities. Broader social contexts and compound lenses are needed to avoid narrow approaches and to accommodate evolving norms.

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The Queering of Spaces: A Critical Analysis of How Male Sex Work Is Shaped in the Tourism Industry in Botswana

Mashumba

2022

Gender, Disability, and Tourism in Africa

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Cisgender male and transgender female sex workers in South Africa: gender variant identities and narratives of exclusion

Cited by 28 publications

References 36 publications

Navigating Intersecting Identities, Self‐Representation, and Relationships: A Qualitative Study with Trans Sex Workers Living and Working in Los Angeles, CA

Navigating Intersecting Identities, Self‐Representation, and Relationships: A Qualitative Study with Trans Sex Workers Living and Working in Los Angeles, CA

Why interventions to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV have failed young women in southern Africa

The Queering of Spaces: A Critical Analysis of How Male Sex Work Is Shaped in the Tourism Industry in Botswana

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