Article
What I Have to Do for a Check: College Student Sex Workers with Racially and Sexually Minoritized Identities
Journal of College Student Development
(2022)
Abstract
Using narrative inquiry methodology grounded in the polymorphous paradigm and intersectionality as a conceptual framework, this study explored the experiences of seven college student sex workers. Together, we uncovered substantial differences between the experiences of college student sex workers with dominant identities largely present in extant research versus those with racially and sexually minoritized identities who are markedly absent from empirical study. Findings included the hypermarginalization students experience through the compounding of oppression of being a sex worker, queer (in)visibility, as well as violence and subjugation. Additionally, students articulated that while sex work is not necessarily a positive experience, they still want their labor choice to be respected.
Keywords
- sex work,
- college students,
- erotic labor,
- higher education,
- college student sex work
Disciplines
Publication Date
2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2022.0005
Citation Information
TJ Stewart. "What I Have to Do for a Check: College Student Sex Workers with Racially and Sexually Minoritized Identities" Journal of College Student Development Vol. 63 Iss. 1 (2022) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/terahjay/31/