Open AccessHealthy and unhealthy life styles of female brothel workers and call girls (private sex workers) in Sydney
Author(s) -
Perkins Roberta,
Lovejoy Frances
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1996.tb01631.x
Subject(s) - sex workers , female sex , sex work , medicine , sex life , demography , sexual life , occupational safety and health , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , gender studies , family medicine , human sexuality , gynecology , population , sociology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , research methodology , pathology
Two groups of female sex workers were compared with respect to their healthy or unhealthy life styles. Both ‘call girls’ (private sex workers) and brothel workers were infected with sexually transmitted diseases as often in their noncommercial sexual relations as in their work, smoking was a serious problem for both, and each group endured problems from clients specific to their work sites. However, overall, the call girls had healthier life styles, but were more vulnerable to pressures from clients for unsafe sex and to potential violence.