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

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"...

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Autores: Martins de Paiva, Kely César, Pereira, Jefferson Rodrigues, Guimarães, Letícia Rocha, Barbosa, Jane Kelly Dantas, Veloso e Sousa, Caissa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Revista de Administração de Empresas
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/81319
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/81319
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pleasure and suffering
job
temporal perceptions
prostitutes
prostitution
Prazer e sofrimento
trabalho
percepções temporais
prostitutas
prostituição
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Sumario: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.