{"title":"\"I Was Scared That He Might Kill Me or Stab Me If I Said No\": Violence Against Sex Workers in Kolkata, India.","authors":"Atmaja Acharya, Sameena Azhar","doi":"10.1177/10778012251362233","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study's objective was to analyze the experiences of gender-based violence (GBV) against cisgender female sex workers in Kolkata through the lens of structuration theory. We interviewed 30 cisgender female sex workers in Kolkata, India on their experiences with GBV in the language of Bengali. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, we identified three main themes in the transcripts: (1) interpersonal violence preceding sex work; (2) interpersonal violence after entering sex work; and (3) structural violence against sex workers. Sex workers continue to face frequent experiences of interpersonal and structural violence, which are intimately related to structural forces of social oppression, power, and the sexual regulation of the bodies and rights of women.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251362233"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Violence Against Women","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251362233","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"WOMENS STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study's objective was to analyze the experiences of gender-based violence (GBV) against cisgender female sex workers in Kolkata through the lens of structuration theory. We interviewed 30 cisgender female sex workers in Kolkata, India on their experiences with GBV in the language of Bengali. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, we identified three main themes in the transcripts: (1) interpersonal violence preceding sex work; (2) interpersonal violence after entering sex work; and (3) structural violence against sex workers. Sex workers continue to face frequent experiences of interpersonal and structural violence, which are intimately related to structural forces of social oppression, power, and the sexual regulation of the bodies and rights of women.
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Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.
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