Afectaciones subjetivas en trabajadoras sexuales vulnerabilizadas

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the subjective effects of vulnerable sex workers. This study is based on the epistemological approach of Psychoanalysis, which stands out mainly for the approach to subjectivity, from there the need to study human subjectivity as the main axis for thoughts about the experiences of the person arises. Three topics were analyzed to obtain information, subjective affectations, vulnerability and adaptations. The sample had five women sex workers who have experienced situations of vulnerability in the practice of their work, who reside in the province of El Oro, all belonging to the city of Machala, without a fixed age range. This study was conducted under the qualitative methodological approach with phenomenological design hermeneutic and with a descriptive scope. For data collection, open or in-depth interviews and an observation guide were used to collect relevant information from several events in which sex workers was present. It should be noted that the first approach to the population was through the organization PLAPERTS, which provided free openness for interaction with women sex workers. For the interpretation or analysis of the interviews, grounded theory was applied. Mediante este codification process emerged categories related to the basic information of the study. According to the theoretical foundation, the results showed that women workers in their way of thinking, feeling and acting in their way of thinking, feeling and acting in relationship to different development environments due to exposure to violent, discriminatory and exclusionary situations. However, it is emphasized that within the field of health there is a favorable particularity because sex workers have free access to various medical care for themselves and their families. The latter point is that sex is not a discriminating factor in health professionals, since they provide dignified and equal care to sex workers. Likewise, within the family environment it is singularized that the stigmas do not fall on the relatives of the women who exercise the sexual service, Finally, it was found that having personal and social resources largely helps the sex workers to face the negative situations of their work.