Män som har sex mot ersättning: En kvalitativ studie om socialarbetares perspektiv på en osynliggjord grupp
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (university diploma), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Men selling sex : a qualitative study of social workers' perspective on a group made invisible (English)
Abstract [en]
The aim of this study is to examine and contribute more knowledge about men in prostitution. The study is, therefore, based on six interviews with social workers in Sweden who have experience in working with such men. The study further seeks to understand how these social workers perceive the men and to see what difficulties and improvements they have witnessed during their professional work with men in prostitution. Goffman's theory about stigma is used to understand and analyze the result of the findings in combination with Queer theory. The main result from this study shows that men in prostitution are a neglected group in today’s society. This reflects on social work in general where there is a lack of knowledge about such men. One specific difficulty that has come to light is that these men are difficult to find, because they tend not to ask for help due to social stigma and male norms. It is also clearly difficult for other social work professionals to ask their male clients questions as to whether they have ever received payment for sex, monetary or otherwise. This situation needs to improve alongside more education and focus on this particular group.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 56
Keywords [en]
en selling sex, men in prostitution, prostitution, heteronormativity, social worker, stigma, prostitution, men, sex
Keywords [sv]
män i prostitution, prostitution, heteronormativitet, socialarbetare, stigma, prostitution, men, sex
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169967OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-169967DiVA, id: diva2:1328486
Supervisors
Examiners
2019-08-122019-06-202019-08-12Bibliographically approved