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Women of easy Living? Time, pleasure and suffering in the work of prostitutes

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  • Martins de Paiva, Kely César
  • Pereira, Jefferson Rodrigues
  • Guimarães, Letícia Rocha
  • Barbosa, Jane Kelly Dantas
  • Veloso e Sousa, Caissa

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This study aims to analyze how temporal perceptions influence pleasure and suffering in the work of prostitutes in Belo Horizonte (MG). A descriptive and qualitative case study was carried out. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 professionals from "battle hotels" and analyzed using content analysis. The interviewed prostitutes associated time as a resource, and this was linked to experiences of pleasure and suffering, in the sense that the effective management of time generatedmoney which was the main source of pleasure from their work . The working time of the prostitutes was also a source of suffering because they normalized or accepted discomfort from their work and the consequences that it entailed.

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  • Martins de Paiva, Kely César & Pereira, Jefferson Rodrigues & Guimarães, Letícia Rocha & Barbosa, Jane Kelly Dantas & Veloso e Sousa, Caissa, 2020. "Women of easy Living? Time, pleasure and suffering in the work of prostitutes," RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas, FGV-EAESP Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (Brazil), vol. 60(3), April.
    • Handle: RePEc:fgv:eaerae:v:60:y:2020:i:3:a:81319
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