Intersections of Stigma, Mental Health, and Sex Work: How Canadian Men Engaged in Sex Work Navigate and Resist Stigma to Protect Their Mental Health
Intersections of Stigma, Mental Health, and Sex Work: How Canadian Men Engaged in Sex Work Navigate and Resist Stigma to Protect Their Mental Health
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DOI：
10.1080/00224499.2018.1459446
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发表时间：
2019-06-13
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Bungay, Vicky
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作者：
Jiao, Sunny;Bungay, Vicky
从事性工作的男子遭受严重的耻辱，可能对其心理健康产生破坏性影响。很少有人知道男性性工作者如何经历耻辱及其对心理健康的影响或他们的战略，以防止其在加拿大的影响。本研究探讨了33个加拿大室内，男性性工作者之间的耻辱和心理健康的相互关系，了解如何影响男子的心理健康和他们的保护策略，以减轻其影响的具体目标。男性经历了显着制定的耻辱，负面影响他们的社会支持和能力，发展和维持非商业，浪漫的关系。男性通过回避和抵制内在化来驾驭耻辱。促进心理健康的策略有效性因男性将性工作视为职业还是被迫收入来源的观点而异。促进男子心理健康的方案必须考虑到男子的不同战略，并有助于建立社会支持。
Men engaged in sex work experience significant stigma that can have devastating effects for their mental health. Little is known about how male sex workers experience stigma and its effects on mental health or their strategies to prevent its effects in the Canadian context. This study examined the interrelationships between stigma and mental health among 33 Canadian indoor, male sex workers with a specific goal of understanding how stigma affected men's mental health and their protective strategies to mitigate against its effects. Men experienced significant enacted stigma that negatively affected their social supports and ability to develop and maintain noncommercial, romantic relationships. Men navigated stigma by avoidance and resisting internalization. Strategy effectiveness to promote mental health varied based on men's perspectives of sex work as a career versus a forced source of income. Programming to promote men's mental health must take into consideration men's diverse strategies and serve to build social supports.