TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural risk and limits on agency among exotic dancers
T2 - HIV risk practices in the exotic dance club
AU - Footer, Katherine H.A.
AU - Lim, Sahnah
AU - Brantley, Meredith R.
AU - Sherman, Susan G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse [5R21DA033855-02; T-32DA007292]; Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research [T32 A1050056-12].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/3/4
Y1 - 2018/3/4
N2 - This paper provides longitudinal examination of women’s health and sexual risk trajectories in US exotic dance clubs, which represent an important commercial setting for the economic mainstreaming of sexual services and an important target for public health programmes. Between July 2014 and May 2015, two semi-structured interviews (at baseline and at three months) were conducted with 24 female exotic dancers who had recently started working in in Baltimore City, USA. Results from a constant comparative analysis point to the interrelationship between the structures of the club setting, including the social context, and women’s agentic practices concerning their sexual health. Study findings highlight the centrality of the interrelationship between individual- and structural-level experiences in influencing dancers’ risk behavior. Findings point to the need for interventions to empower women both individually and collectively so as to provide the foundation for longer-term structural change.
AB - This paper provides longitudinal examination of women’s health and sexual risk trajectories in US exotic dance clubs, which represent an important commercial setting for the economic mainstreaming of sexual services and an important target for public health programmes. Between July 2014 and May 2015, two semi-structured interviews (at baseline and at three months) were conducted with 24 female exotic dancers who had recently started working in in Baltimore City, USA. Results from a constant comparative analysis point to the interrelationship between the structures of the club setting, including the social context, and women’s agentic practices concerning their sexual health. Study findings highlight the centrality of the interrelationship between individual- and structural-level experiences in influencing dancers’ risk behavior. Findings point to the need for interventions to empower women both individually and collectively so as to provide the foundation for longer-term structural change.
KW - Exotic dancers
KW - HIV risk
KW - USA
KW - agency
KW - structural factors
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U2 - 10.1080/13691058.2017.1346201
DO - 10.1080/13691058.2017.1346201
M3 - Article
C2 - 28720018
AN - SCOPUS:85025138543
VL - 20
SP - 321
EP - 334
JO - Culture, Health and Sexuality
JF - Culture, Health and Sexuality
SN - 1369-1058
IS - 3
ER -