It’s Not Just Sex: Relational Dynamics between Street-Based Sex Workers and Their Regular Customers
基于对华盛顿特区36名街头性工作者的访谈，发现她们通过关系工作来维系常客，以获得经济稳定和更低风险，但同时也面临边界设定与滑移的挑战，这对减少伤害和保护性工作者的政策有启示。
Establishing regular customers is an integral aspect of any service industry since they can increase profits and referrals. Most research on regulars within sex work focuses on indoor, high-end workers, who cultivate them through relational work practices. Yet very little is known about whether street-based sex workers employ these same tactics or even seek out regulars. This article draws upon interviews with 36 street-based sex workers in Washington, DC, USA. Sex workers dedicate considerable time and effort in order to retain regulars via relational work, noting such customers offer greater economic stability and fewer risks. Relational work also has disadvantages, exacerbated by the illicit and illegal nature of this work. Street-based sex workers navigate boundary setting and slippage as a part of retaining or rejecting regular clients. These findings have implications for policies that can reduce harms for sex workers and enhance their protections.