Abstract

PANCHI, Marco. “The Prostitute Doesn’t Charge”. The Argumentative Step from Prostitution to Sex Work. Rev. mex. cienc. polít. soc [online]. 2020, vol.65, n.240, pp.461-485.  Epub Feb 28, 2021. ISSN 0185-1918.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2020.240.71108.

This article studies the arguments that the leaders of the Quito female sex worker associations present to justify their work as subject of political, economic and social benefits. This text is the result of the drafting and analysis of the life stories of five sex work leaders, in addition to the ethnography of their political and relational practices. The article aims to portray how these women equate sex work with any other work activity, which differentiates economic activities from private life. However, there is a conflict between the two spaces, causing a contradiction between the public discourse of sex work and the way it is experienced on the private dimension. It intends to show that despite this contradictory relationship, sex workers have established ways to obtain benefits and negotiate the borders between the work sphere and the personal one. It thus contributes to the ever-controversial, unfinished discussion about the recognition of sex work and how people involved experience it.

Keywords : sexuality; sex work; prostitution; recognition; economic exchanges.

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