This descriptive study presents the profiles of abused female sex workers (FSWs) in Chennai, India. Of 100 abused FSWs surveyed using a structured questionnaire, severe forms of violence by intimate partners were reported by most (98%) respondents. Of the total sample, 76% experienced violence by clients. Sexual coercion experiences of the FSWs included verbal threats (77%) and physical force (...

The practices of men who buy sex, “the invisible men”, have been largely ignored by academic discussion – despite the recent visibility and immensity of prostitution and trafficking businesses. The Finnish political debate surrounding the issue of prostitution has concentrated on criminalization of buying sex. There has, however, been little discussion on the different masculinities and sexuali...

In this study, the motivations of 80 sex workers who provide camming services (76 females and 4 non-binary/trans/gender fluid individuals; aged from 20 to 49 years, M = 30.68, SD 6.43; 56.2% married or in a committed relationship, 18.8% non-committed relationship 25% - single) were compared terms engaging sexual activity with their real-life partners versus virtual (predominantly kink-oriented ...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The HIV prevalence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia continues to increase. While injection drug use (IDU) is leading factor, heterosexual transmission is on the rise. Little is known about female sex workers (FSWs) in the region despite the central role of commercial sex in heterosexual sexually transmitted infection (STI)/HIV transmission globally. The authors evaluated...

Background: Childhood related risk factors associated with receipt of disability pension are well documented in longitudinal studies. But it is not known if the patterns and strengths of those risk factors differ between former child welfare clients and their majority population peers. Methods: Twelve Swedish national registries were used to longitudinally follow the entire Swedish population b...

Male clients of female sex workers (FSWs) may act as a bridge to the general population contributing to the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the USA and Mexico. This study used cross-sectional data to identify psychosexual and social-cognitive factors associated with sexual risk behavior in a bi-national sample of 300 male clients of FSWs recruited in Tijuana, M...