Prostitution Policies and Attitudes Toward Prostitutes

Bonache, Helena; Delgado, Naira; Pina, Afroditi; Hernández‐Cabrera, Juan Andrés

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“…For example, item A4 (Sexual relations outside the context of marriage are always wrong) did not reach consensus and was subsequently removed; however, this may be an important item depending on the cultures and nations where in the instrument is used (Cipriani et al 2016;Henrickson et al 2021). Similarly, involvement with sex services is legalised in some nations but against social norms in others (Bonache et al 2021). Nevertheless, cultures, nations and attitudes towards sexual expression can be influenced by personal religious views (Gewirtz-Meydan, Even-Zohar, and Werner 2018) and perceptions of sexual relations between couples might vary (Labrecque and Whisman 2017).…”

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“…Similarly, involvement with sex services is legalised in some nations but against social norms in others (Bonache et al. 2021). Nevertheless, cultures, nations and attitudes towards sexual expression can be influenced by personal religious views (Gewirtz‐Meydan, Even‐Zohar, and Werner 2018) and perceptions of sexual relations between couples might vary (Labrecque and Whisman 2017).…”

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Development of an Instrument to Assess Health and Social Care Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Later‐Life Intimacy and Sexuality (HSCP‐KALLIS): A Delphi Study

Chen,

Jones,

Bannatyne

et al. 2024

Int J Older People Nursing

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AimsWe aimed to ascertain the content validity of an instrument to assess health and social care professionals' knowledge and attitudes towards later‐life intimacy and sexuality (HSCP‐KALLIS).BackgroundFor older adults, intimacy and sexuality are important in maintaining their quality of life and well‐being. However, addressing these needs remains challenging for health and social care professionals, particularly for nursing staff providing 24‐h direct care to older people with dementia or those identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer/questioning individuals. Existing instruments assessing knowledge and attitudes towards later‐life intimacy and sexuality are dated and fail to adequately address dementia and sexual diversity.DesignA two‐round modified Delphi study was conducted.MethodsInitially, 79 knowledge and attitude items were generated through an integrative review. Panellists rated each item's clarity and importance using online questionnaires. The content validity index for the individual and overall items was calculated. The panellists' written feedback—along with their knowledge level of later‐life intimacy and sexuality—was obtained.ResultsPanellists included health and social care professionals (n = 9); healthcare‐related educators (n = 2); researchers specialising in later‐life intimacy, sexuality, dementia care and sexual diversity support (n = 7); and family carers of older people with dementia (n = 2). The instrument was revised based on the feedback received. The components of dementia, LGBTIQ+ and the provision of sex worker services in healthcare settings were highlighted by the panellists. Notably, 46 knowledge and 40 attitude items fulfilled the consensus criteria for clarity and importance.ConclusionsAcceptable content validity was established for the knowledge and attitude items. Further research is required to establish the psychometric properties of the HSCP‐KALLIS. This instrument has implications for clinical practice—specifically, in nursing care—by addressing issues to improve awareness regarding later‐life intimacy and sexuality in healthcare settings.Implications for PracticeThe HSCP‐KALLIS has the potential to inform the educational needs regarding knowledge and attitudes towards later‐life intimacy and sexuality for health and social care professionals, specifically nursing staff. The findings of the HSCP‐KALLIS can be used for the development of competencies for later‐life intimacy and sexuality, establishing policies and guidelines to support older adults’ intimacy and sexuality needs in health care settings.

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confidence: 99%

Development of an Instrument to Assess Health and Social Care Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Later‐Life Intimacy and Sexuality (HSCP‐KALLIS): A Delphi Study

Chen,

Jones,

Bannatyne

et al. 2024

Int J Older People Nursing

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“…Switching focus, Silver et al (2015) did go beyond individual differences in the evaluator to explain judgments about survivors by presenting a vignette in which a woman engaged in sex work either forcibly or voluntarily and found that participants rated the trafficked woman less responsible for her behavior, but only when she was a citizen and not when she was an immigrant. Finally, Bonache et al (2021) focused on moral judgments and presented a scenario to Spanish participants about sexual exploitation and found that participants expressed higher moral outrage toward the exploited individual when they were trafficking victims as compared to when they voluntarily engaged in prostitution as a means of employment (Note: Sex work is not illegal in Spain). In summary, while these studies highlight the importance of understanding the roles of attitudes, cognitions, and background characteristics as potential antecedents of blaming trafficking victims and therefore as barriers to a victim-centered approach, none have studied decision models that observers likely use to translate facts into psychological reactions and ultimately culpability judgments.…”

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Judgments of sex trafficked women: The role of emotions.

Wiener,

Petty,

Berry-Cohen

et al. 2024

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

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This study examined how incidental emotions influence decisions to arrest or release sex trafficking survivors. Community members (N = 984) completed an autobiographical memory task invoking disgust, sympathy, or no emotion and read case facts from United States v. Bell (2014) varying whether the survivor had a prior history of sex work and whether she came from a vulnerable or nonvulnerable background. Participants in the vulnerable condition believed that the survivor was less able to resist the trafficker's proposal. Furthermore, women but not men made to feel disgust believed that she should have resisted. Regarding arresting the survivor for prostitution versus releasing her for services, invoking either incidental disgust or sympathy, but especially disgust, triggered feelings of disgust, which in turn predicted an arrest decision. Finally, our data supported a moderated mediation model in which the belief that the survivor should have been able to resist the trafficker predicted a greater probability of an arrest judgment. Furthermore, participants in the vulnerable condition believed that the survivor had less ability to resist, and they disfavored her arrest. However, this was only true when we invoked no emotion. When we invoked disgust, vulnerability ceased to have this moderation effect. Public Significance StatementAll participants who read about a nonvulnerable trafficking survivor, as well as women who felt disgust, believed the survivor should have been able to resist the trafficker, which in turn predicted judgments that favored arresting the survivor for prostitution. Survivor vulnerability, as well as incidental emotions that the evaluators experienced prior to making a judgment, moderated and mediated these findings. Efforts to educate the public about victim-centered approaches could lead to increased service provision for trafficking survivors, but such interventions need to take into consideration the incidental emotions of the evaluators.

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Prostitution Under Debate in Spain: Citizens’ Perceptions of Its Prohibition

2023

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Introduction The debate about prostitution within Spain’s feminist movement has recently, and recurrently, been transferred to the social and political sphere, but without arriving at a clear and shared position. The aim of this research is to verify the characteristics of those who are in favor of banning prostitution in Spain and to what extent there are differences between men and women. Methods To do so, we will use our own collected data during 2022 through a prestigious social research company, 40 dB, and by applying advanced statistical techniques—Logit model. Results The analysis illustrates three types of profile. The first one depicts the prohibitionist’s supporter profile in general terms. The second and the third ones demonstrate how women and men share similarities but also underlying differences, showing how women are more inclined than men to the prohibitionist approach. Conclusions This paper comes to validate, once again, most of the previous theoretical supported evidences, but not the religious element as a defining variable for being a banning supporter. The data also shows the possible consensus of those surveyed on this issue across different political parties. Policy Implications The implications of all kinds that arise around prostitution generate different public perceptions about its existence and practice, with its prohibition being one of the most important issues on the Spanish public agenda in recent months. This article depicts how the Spanish society positions itself in this policy agenda.

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Prostitution Policies and Attitudes Toward Prostitutes

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Cited by 9 publications

References 64 publications

Development of an Instrument to Assess Health and Social Care Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Later‐Life Intimacy and Sexuality (HSCP‐KALLIS): A Delphi Study

Development of an Instrument to Assess Health and Social Care Professionals' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Later‐Life Intimacy and Sexuality (HSCP‐KALLIS): A Delphi Study

Judgments of sex trafficked women: The role of emotions.

Prostitution Under Debate in Spain: Citizens’ Perceptions of Its Prohibition

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