ArticleJournal of sex research2014
Can't buy my love: a typology of female sex workers' commercial relationships in the Mexico-U.S. Border Region.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Conflict and Risky Health Behavior: Evidence from Mexico's Drug War.Journal of development economics · 2021Article
- Correlates of trichomoniasis among female sex workers who inject drugs in two Mexico-US border cities.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2020Article
- The Logic of Condom Use in Female Sex Workers in Bali, Indonesia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Community Savings Groups, Financial Security, and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Iringa, Tanzania.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- 'He's not my pimp': toward an understanding of intimate male partner involvement in female sex work at the Mexico-US border.Culture, health & sexuality · 2018Article
- In pursuit of goodness in bioethics: analysis of an exemplary article.BMC medical ethics · 2018Article
- A mixed methods study of the social support networks of female sex workers and their primary noncommercial male partners in Tijuana, Mexico.Journal of mixed methods research · 2018Article
- Changes in Condom Use Over Time Among Female Sex Workers and Their Male Noncommercial Partners and Clients.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2016Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Hazardous Drinking among Female Sex Workers in 13 Mexican Cities.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2016Article
- Love moderates the relationship between partner type and condom use among women engaging in transactional vaginal sex.Sexual health · 2016Article
- Love, Trust, and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers and Their Intimate Male Partners.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Substance Use and HIV Among Female Sex Workers and Female Prisoners: Risk Environments and Implications for Prevention, Treatment, and Policies.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2015Review
- Place of Residence Moderates the Relationship Between Emotional Closeness and Syringe Sharing Among Injection Drug Using Clients of Sex Workers in the US-Mexico Border Region.AIDS and behavior · 2015Article
- Incidence and Predictors of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female Sex Workers and Their Intimate Male Partners in Northern Mexico: A Longitudinal, Multilevel Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2015Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Client-Perpetrated Violence against Female Sex Workers in 13 Mexican Cities.PloS one · 2015Article
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Abstract
Female sex workers (FSWs) experience elevated risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through unprotected sex with male clients, yet the complexity of these commercial relationships remains understudied. From 2010 to 2011, we explored FSWs' conceptualizations of various client types and related risk behavior patterns using semistructured interviews with 46 FSWs in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where FSWs' HIV/STI prevalence is increasing. Our grounded theory analysis identified four types of commercial relationships: nonregular clients, regular clients and friends, clients who "fell in love" with FSWs, and long-term financial providers who often originated from the United States. As commercial relationships developed, clients' social and emotional connections to FSWs increased, rendering condom negotiation and maintaining professional boundaries more difficult. Drug abuse and poverty also influenced behaviors, particularly in Ciudad Juárez, where lucrative U.S. clients were increasingly scarce. While struggling to cultivate dependable relationships in a setting marked by historical sex tourism from a wealthier country, some FSWs ceased negotiating condom use. We discuss the need for HIV/STI research and prevention interventions to recognize the complexity within FSWs' commercial relationships and how behaviors (e.g., condom use) evolve as relationships develop through processes that are influenced by local sociopolitical contexts and binational income inequality.
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