Themes To Ethnography Of Prostitution

The result of Sterk’s research was the six themes to Ethnography of Prostitution. The first was women’s own explanations of why they became prostitutes. Which includes the stories of the trauma, lack of love, being pimped out, drugs, and what made them choose this life. Second, the typology distinguishes of prostitution, either a streetwalker, prostitute that starting to use drugs, the prostitute who‘s addicted to drugs and prostitutes that use sex to get crack. Third, the role of the pimps, who usually are their boyfriends that treat the women like property to gain money. Fourth, the anthropological study of prostitution was the impact of the AIDS epidemic on these prostitutes’ lives. Fifth, violence and abuse that came from being a prostitute,