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Exploring resilience among female sex workers in Johannesburg

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dc.contributor.advisor Mbatha, Khonzanani
dc.contributor.author Mamabolo, Lawrence Lekau
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-20T13:16:59Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-20T13:16:59Z
dc.date.issued 2017-02
dc.identifier.citation Mamabolo, Lawrence Lekau (2017) Exploring resilience among female sex workers in Johannesburg, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23256>
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23256
dc.description.abstract Sex work is a highly debatable subject in the field of psychology but little has been said about sex work and resilience. Challenges associated with criminalisation of sex work are rife but sex work continues to exist. This study explored the ability of heterosexual street based female sex workers (FSW) to ‘bounce back’ from challenges they face. The study employed qualitative paradigm and a transcendental phenomenological design was used. Snowballing sampling was used to select twelve FSW who participated in semi structured interview. Thematic analysis was used to extract recurrent themes across participants. Participants reported being victimised and physically and verbally abused by clients and the public. FSW showed their resilience by rationalising their role with having a purpose in working as FSW, obligation as bread winners and regarding sex work as legitimate work. They adopted psychological survival techniques and used various safety techniques to cope. The results emphasised importance of employing resilience and strength based approaches in researching and developing training and psychological programmes for sex workers. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource ( vi, 133 pages ) :color illustrations
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Decriminalisation en
dc.subject Phenomenology en
dc.subject Feminism en
dc.subject Resilience en
dc.subject Thematic analysis en
dc.subject Transcendental phenomenology en
dc.subject Sex work en
dc.subject Heterosexual street-based female sex worker en
dc.subject Johannesburg en
dc.subject.ddc 155.3408109682215
dc.subject.lcsh Female prostitutes -- South Africa -- Johannesburg
dc.subject.lcsh Discrimination -- South Africa -- Johannesburg
dc.subject.lcsh Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- South Africa -- Johannesburg
dc.title Exploring resilience among female sex workers in Johannesburg en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Psychology en
dc.description.degree M.A. (Psychology)


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