“Whatever I Have, I Have Made by Coming into this Profession”: The Intersection of Resources, Agency, and Achievements in Pathways to Sex Work in Kolkata, India

2015/01/12 by Dallas Swendeman, Anne E. Fehrenbacher, Samira Ali +5 · 4 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk #Sex work and related issues #Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

paper · doi:10.1007/s10508-014-0404-1

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