Staying safe: how young women who trade sex in Toronto navigate risk and harm reduction

Kendrick, Caterina Tess; MacEntee, Katie; Wilson, Ciann; Flicker, Sarah

doi:10.1080/13691058.2021.1900603

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“…Together, these systems directly influence health outcomes (Benard, 2016;Bourassa et al, 2004). For Celling Sex participants, stigma (perceived or actualized) was a significant barrier to accessing support (Kendrick et al, 2021).…”

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Exploring Audience Engagement and Critical Narrative Intervention With the Celling Sex Film

Kendrick

MacEntee

Flicker

2021

Health Promotion Practice

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Young women who trade sex experience high rates of stigma that exacerbate existing health inequities. The products of participatory visual methodologies show promising potential for challenging stigma. In total, 15 young women who trade sex created individual brief videos to share their experiences. Following a participatory analysis, the videos were edited into one composite movie to highlight key messages. Eight facilitated screenings (cohosted by participant filmmakers and research team members) were organized with diverse community and health organizations. Audiences were led through a series of interactive writing, drawing, viewing, and discussion activities. Sessions were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and inductively analyzed to assess the impacts of the film on audiences. Audience reactions were categorized into four overarching themes to describe main impacts: consciousness raising, commitments to practice and organizational change, effectiveness of the approach, and limitations. Audience responses demonstrated that facilitated screenings can challenge harmful stereotypes and help viewers consider pathways to enact positive change in their personal and professional lives. However, changing deep-rooted patterns of stigma takes time, dedication, and accountability.

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“…Seeking Arrangements (2020) estimates that there are nearly 1 million women in Canada engaged in finding "mutually beneficial" relationships on their platform. Despite the relative ubiquity of the practice, trading can elevate numerous physical, social, and mental health risks (Kendrick et al, 2021).…”

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Exploring Audience Engagement and Critical Narrative Intervention With the Celling Sex Film

Kendrick

MacEntee

Flicker

2021

Health Promotion Practice

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“…Much of the available literature on sex work intersects with other topics, including (de)criminalization/ policing practices [36][37][38][39]; harm reduction [40][41][42]; HIV and sexually transmitted and blood borne infections [43][44][45][46]; engagement in high-risk behaviours (Lavalley et al, 2021) and intergenerational and other traumas [47]. While there is ample evidence surrounding the constellations of sex work, we discovered limited academic insight relating to specific interventions that directly address coercive control and connections to abuse and sex work.…”

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Walking through the Fire

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McManus

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Women involved in sex work experience high rates of abuse often from multiple perpetrators. This study examined the impacts of a novel community-based program addressing the intersecting issues of sex work and abuse using a coercive control framework. Five years of qualitative data from 88 women and 20 peer facilitators revealed complex histories of trauma that deeply impacted women’s capacity for healing. Results also showed that the group program created opportunities for shared learning, a sense of community and relationship equity. Follow-up supports are necessary to sustain and build on the program successes and for long-term safety-related empowerment.

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‘People need to know we exist!’: an exploratory study of the labour experiences of transmasculine and non-binary sex workers and implications for harm reduction

Jones

2022

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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Staying safe: how young women who trade sex in Toronto navigate risk and harm reduction

Cited by 4 publications

References 38 publications

Exploring Audience Engagement and Critical Narrative Intervention With the Celling Sex Film

Exploring Audience Engagement and Critical Narrative Intervention With the Celling Sex Film

Walking through the Fire

‘People need to know we exist!’: an exploratory study of the labour experiences of transmasculine and non-binary sex workers and implications for harm reduction

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