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COVID-19 and the shifting organisation of sex work markets in Singapore.
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Culture, Health & Sexuality . Dec2022, Vol. 24 Issue 12, p1744-1759. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- While past studies have sought to capture how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on the health and sexual lives of sex workers internationally, less attention has been paid to the reorganisation of sex markets as a result of COVID-19. We conducted a sequential exploratory mixed methods study using in-depth interviews, cyber ethnography and surveyor-administered structured surveys among sex workers. We report two key findings on how the pandemic has impacted sex markets in Singapore. First, the organisation of sex markets shifted as a result of lockdown and associated movement control measures. This shift was characterised by the out-migration of sex workers, the reduction in supply and demand for in-person sex work, and a shift towards online spaces. Second, we found that sex workers experienced greater economic hardship as a result of such changes. Given the potential shifts in sex markets as a result of the pandemic, we adopt a World Health Organisation Health Workplace Framework and Model to identify interventions to improve the occupational safety and health of sex workers in a post-COVID-19 era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SEX work
*INDUSTRIAL hygiene
*COVID-19
*SEX workers
*COVID-19 pandemic
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13691058
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Culture, Health & Sexuality
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160564729
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2021.2014975