The Criminalization of Sex Work as Structural Violence by Audrey Renson and Grace Sembajwe

I chose to participate in a poster session on sexual labor as a form of structural violence. Audrey Renson and Grace Sembajwe explained how this investigation criminalized sex work such as prostitution. This actually increased the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and the risk of violence. I elected to write my own reflection paper in this speech. Because it has something to do with what I learned in class in sociology. Criminal convictions are processes that change behavior and certain individuals into criminals or criminals.

Increase in violence First of all, convictions of offenders increase the possibility of undocumented violence; that is, because the work they do is considered a criminal, sex workers can be treated as abuses or exploited, including trafficking It is easy to target. The fear of arrest and other consequences means that sex workers are unlikely to report violence and exploitation and that "police, health and non-state groups have the power to abuse sex workers, The climate of "leads to. This also applies to the so-called "partial criminalization" framework, which only covers punitive purchasers. At first glance this strategy seems to be based on the happiness of sex workers, but implementation often means to monitor areas where sex workers are doing business. This forces them to a more isolated condition and place, increasing their physical vulnerability.

In countries where sex workers are criminal offenses or illegal or both, sex workers face many of the potential threats of violence. The main threat to violence is the possibility of infecting sexually transmitted diseases (STI) due to their labor and background-dependent barriers that are structural (government) or personal (fear). Violence in the streets is likely to be commonplace, so you can not use condoms or refuse services, so the likelihood that disease will occur due to factors such as extortion or rape will further increase. Furthermore, the World Health Organization stated that sex workers are known to refuse medical services in seeking prevention and treatment of diseases due to the nature of sex workers.