title: A border context of violence: Mexican female sex workers on the U.S.-Mexico border.
abstract: Female sex workers (FSW) represent a population confronted with an array of intersecting social problems. We explore the case of FSW in Nuevo Laredo and Ciudad Juarez to understand the everyday violence associated with sex work within the unique context of Mexico. Life history interviews were conducted with 109 FSW revealing violent acts by clients and other sex industry employees (bar owners, police, other FSW). The risk of violence by different types of persons associated with the sex work industry varied by venue and geographic area. Moreover, the violence was shaped by the social structural constraints of dominant gender ideologies.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA alicecep@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cepeda
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Boulder, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nowotny
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D011477:Sex Work / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D060386:Sex Workers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012926:Social Control, Formal / Q000379:methods; D012940:Social Problems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: Mexico; female sex workers; violent victimization