Socio-psychological consequences of young women's prostitution; providing a qualitative analysis at the Bojnord city

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Esmaiel Ghorbani ¹ , Mona Omrani ²

1 - PhD in Economic Sociology and Development, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
2 - Master's student in general psychology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran.

Received: 2021-05-17 Accepted : 2022-09-12 Published : 2022-05-01

Keywords: Violence, Prostitution, contextual theory, defamilization, sexual exploitation, demoralization,

Abstract :

This research deals with the analysis of the lived experience and understanding the perception of the perpetrators of prostitution of the consequences of prostitution. The current research is exploratory in terms of the research goal, in terms of the qualitative research implementation process and based on the interpretive paradigm, in terms of the results of the applied research and in terms of the time criterion of the cross-sectional study (2018-2019). From the systematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 18 people from the prostitution market (prostitutes, Qawad and Mashri) and experts in the field of prostitution using the method of grounded theory with the Strauss and Corbin approach, 12 sub-categories and 7 core categories and finally based on the selective coding of the central phenomenon in the form "Prostitution; "A devastating reality" was formed.The results of the research showed that prostitution is affected by a set of social, economic, cultural, family and individual factors that lead to the occurrence of consequences including, "intensification of vulnerability to risky factors such as mental, physical and social injuries". "Continuous exposure to mental, sexual and physical violence", "defamilization from everyday life", "sexual exploitation of poor and socially damaged women" and "demoralization of society".