Dangerous women of Hong Kong? Media construction of stigma in female sex workers

Fong, Ting; Holroyd, Eleanor; Wong, Wai-Man

doi:10.5455/jbh.20120607063411

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“…A análise da estigmatización da Outra como prostituta e estranxeira ou non branca está presente en traballos como os de Pitman (2002), Janzen et al (2011), Fong, Holroyd e Wong (2013) e Stenvoll (2002. Pitman (2002) En relación con ese medo ao Outro aparece o concepto de "pánico moral" presente en varios dos traballos atopados na revisión bibliográfica na literatura anglófona ao redor da representación mediática da prostitución (Doezema 2000, Soderlund 2002, Stauter-Halsted 2009.…”

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Inmigración y prostitución en los contenidos mediáticos. Un análisis diacrónico alrededor de la construcción de la Otra en la prensa gallega y estatal

Rama

2017

Madrygal (Madr.)

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Resumo. As mulleres constrúense nos medios de comunicación como as Outras, fronte ao protagonismo do home branco, en cargos de poder e clase media alta como protagonista maioritario. Mais a esta discriminación de xénero únese, no caso das mulleres que exercen a prostitución, discriminacións de clase, e/ou relacionadas coa procedencia nacional, étnica ou racial, dado que prostitución e inmigración están, no Estado español e en Galicia, relacionadas de modo estreito. Os estudos sobre Comunicación e Xénero no Estado deixaron en segundo lugar a análise da intersección da discriminación de xénero con outro tipo de discriminacións. Neste traballo analizaremos a contribución da prensa á construción das mulleres que exercen a prostitución como as Outras das Outras. Os resultados foron obtidos en dúas investigacións, unha a nivel galego, e outra, froito da traslación do estudo galego ao contexto do Estado, baseadas na combinación da análise de contido e da análise crítica do discurso. Palabras chave: Comunicación e xénero; prostitución; roles de xénero; discriminación sexual.[es] Inmigración y prostitución en los contenidos mediáticos. Un análisis diacrónico alrededor de la construcción de la Otra en la prensa gallega y estatal Resumen. Las mujeres se construyen en los medios como las Otras, frente al protagonismo del hombre blanco, en cargos de poder y clase media alta como protagonista mayoritario. Pero a esta discriminación de género se une, en el caso de las mujeres que ejercen la prostitución, discriminaciones de clase y/o relacionadas con el origen nacional, étnico o racial, dado que prostitución e inmigración son, en el Estado español y en Galicia, realidades estrechamente relacionadas. Los estudios sobre Comunicación y Género dejaron, en el Estado, en segundo lugar el análisis de la intersección de la discriminación de género con otro tipo de discriminaciones. En este trabajo analizaremos la contribución de la prensa a la construcción de las mujeres que ejercen la prostitución como las Otras de las Otras. Los resultados fueron obtenidos en dos investigaciones, una a nivel gallego, y otra resultado de la traslación del estudio gallego al contexto del Estado, basadas en la combinación del análisis de contenido y del análisis crítico del discurso. Palabras clave: Comunicación y género; prostitución; roles de género; discriminación sexual.[en] Immigration and Prostitution in Media Contents: a Diachronic Analysis around Building the "Other One" in Galician and Spanish Press Abstract. In the media, women are treated as the "Other Ones", when compared to the standing role of the uppermiddle-class white man and his positions of influence. But when talking about woman involved in prostitution, this gender discrimination brings together class discrimination and/or discrimination related to nationality, ethnicity or race, since prostitution and immigration are closely related both in the Spanish state and in Galicia. Previous studies on Communication and Gender considered as secondary the analysis of the intersection of gen...

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Inmigración y prostitución en los contenidos mediáticos. Un análisis diacrónico alrededor de la construcción de la Otra en la prensa gallega y estatal

Rama

2017

Madrygal (Madr.)

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“…10 Sex workers and HIV-positive individuals are high risk groups for stigmatization. 13 In this study, we attempt to identify specific ways in which stigma may affect female HIV positive street workers stigmatized by the media in Greece of 2012, and how the stigmatization was related to their selfesteem. In other words, this study sought to address the primary question: How these women "experienced" the stigmatization and in what way this experience affected their self-esteem.…”

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Stigma and self-esteem: A case of HIV-positive sex-workers

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Stigma associated with sex work and HIV can be easily recognized in public reactions towards the members of discriminated groups. Nevertheless, there are only a few studies examining the impact of discrimination to the self-esteem of individuals who suffer the coexistence of multiple stigmatizing conditions. In our case, the unprecedented stigmatization of sex workers through the media as a menace of public health as well as criminals due to their seropositivity should be examined with respect and scientificity. The sample consisted of the 27 women found to be HIV positive. The small number of subject and the uniqueness of the situation made necessary the use of qualitative research method. Data were collected of through a semi-structured interview during which personal and medical history was taken and Rosenberg self-esteem scale was completed. Information for each domain of interest was systematically collected from multiple interview guide items. Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyze data derived from qualitative interview (IPA). Four main categories emerged from the horizontal analysis of the interviews referring to the mechanism used by those women in order to cope with stigma and protect their self-esteem, a description of their felt stigma and feelings about seropositivity, as well as the existence of self-destructive behaviors. The existence of a normal self-esteem on the majority of those women is well explained by the use of certain coping strategies in order to confront the enacted stigma, such as the avoidance of self-blame for their condition (HIV-positive), the disregard of public's discriminating comments and behaviors, the acknowledge of their competence in specific issues they have to deal with in their everyday life, in common with the existence of a strongly supportive network. Despite those women's felt stigma, structured by community's discriminating approach of their families and their feelings of helplessness and incompetence to protect their beloved, their self-esteem is not harmed and the frequency of selfdestructive behaviors remained stable, possibly as a result of those coping mechanisms developed early in their lives. The circle of stigmatization that emerged through the stories of those women is not an isolated social phenomenon related only to prostitution and drug use. This is the reason why educational programs, access to HIV care services and efforts towards de-stigmatization would benefit the society in multiple levels, and would ultimately strengthen the effort of combating the global AIDS epidemic.

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“…Si las mujeres son las Otras, las prostitutas son las «Otras de las Otras». En el imaginario social y mediático sobre la prostitución, la construcción de la prostituta como la Otra no sólo se basa en la oposición entre la mujer que sigue el ideario patriarcal en el comportamiento sexual y la que no, sino también en oposiciones de clase social (Rosembergv y Andrade 1999; Andrade 2004), 2 étnicas o de procedencia nacional (Pitman 2002;Janzen et al 2013;Fong, Holroyd y Wong 2013;Stenvoll 2002;van San y Bovenkerk 2013;Ribeiro et al 2007). 3 Esto nos lleva a una reflexión sobre el propio concepto de estigma y su naturaleza interseccional.…”

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La construcción mediática del estigma de prostituta en España

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2017

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The Mediatized Construction of the Stigma against the Prostitute in Spain The media construct a speech that simplifies the reality of prostitution and stigmatizes those who exercise it. This article is based on an analysis of the discourse of the representation of prostitution in the newspapers El País and ABC, from the Spanish transition to 2012. Despite being ideologically opposed (conservative and Catholic ABC, and identified with the progressive ideology next to PSOE El País), in both the stigma is present. It is a stigma constructed differently, since the image of the prostitute is articulated around the morality in ABC and around the progressive ideas in El País, but with the same starting point and a final confluence. In both, the woman who prostitutes herself is a prostitute before being a a woman and a person and both will coincide in reducing the representation of the prostitute to the «hypervictim» from an abolitionist perspective.

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Dangerous women of Hong Kong? Media construction of stigma in female sex workers

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Inmigración y prostitución en los contenidos mediáticos. Un análisis diacrónico alrededor de la construcción de la Otra en la prensa gallega y estatal

Inmigración y prostitución en los contenidos mediáticos. Un análisis diacrónico alrededor de la construcción de la Otra en la prensa gallega y estatal

Stigma and self-esteem: A case of HIV-positive sex-workers

La construcción mediática del estigma de prostituta en España

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