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Affective–Sexual Relationships for Money beyond Prostitution: An Analysis of the Discourse of Women Sex Workers in Chile’s Great North

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  • Jimena Silva Segovia

    (Postgraduate and Technology Transfer Directorate, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile)

  • Pablo Zuleta Pastor

    (Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychology, Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Santiago 8320000, Chile)

  • Estefany Castillo Ravanal

    (Faculty of Humanities, School of Psychology, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile)

Abstract

A critical analysis of the discourse of female sex workers residing in the Antofagasta region in northern Chile is presented. It highlights the discursive constructions of female sex workers on the commercial, affective, and sexual bond with male mineworkers. From this discursive production emerges the image of a whore–mother, of a woman who, encouraged by a monetary transaction, knows how to embody what her client–miner needs beyond sex: to reinforce his manhood while welcoming him and recognizing him as an affectively deprived subject. Such a role fulfills a function of repairing the virile force of work, sustaining a balance that affects the miner’s functioning and performance in the mine.

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  • Jimena Silva Segovia & Pablo Zuleta Pastor & Estefany Castillo Ravanal, 2021. "Affective–Sexual Relationships for Money beyond Prostitution: An Analysis of the Discourse of Women Sex Workers in Chile’s Great North," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:23:p:12317-:d:686130
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