Stigma and sex work from the perspective of female sex workers in Hong Kong

Dangerous women of Hong Kong? Media construction of stigma in female sex workers

This study used a cultural model analysis to examine the Hong Kong print media’s social construction of stigma in respect to female sex workers. An analysis was conducted on captions and main headlines of two newspaper (Chinese and English) media in Hong Kong between the years 2003-2006. A total of 591 articles on sex workers were recruited in the analysis with 422 located from the Ming Pao and...

Correlates of HIV-Related Self-stigma Among Female Sex Workers in Malaysia

Background: Not much is known about correlates of HIV-related self-stigma among female sex workers. Using the theory of planned behavior in the Malaysian context, this study investigated the relationships of HIV knowledge, attitudes towards HIV, attitudes towards people living with HIV, perceived social support, self-esteem, and age with HIV-related self-stigma, also how much of the variance in...

Violence against Chinese female sex workers in Hong Kong: from understanding to prevention.

Violence against sex workers is considered a global phenomenon. Despite this, very little is known about the patterns and nature of this form of violence. This article is concerned with violence against Chinese female sex workers in Hong Kong. Based on a systematic analysis of 75 police case files, it was found that violent attacks on sex workers display clear temporal and spatial patterns, and...

Prevalence and risk factors of sexually transmitted infections in female sex workers in Hong Kong.

The health of female sex workers in Hong Kong: do we care?

The commercial sex industry in Hong Kong is rife. In 2002, there were at least 200 000 female sex workers (FSWs) in Hong Kong. And in a 1997 telephone survey of a representative sample of the Hong Kong male population aged 18 to 60 years, 14% of the respondents reported having visited a commercial sex worker in the previous 6 months. According to the population census of the same year, 2 330 69...