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Sex work and three dimensions of self-esteem: self-worth, authenticity and self-efficacy

Cecilia BenoitCentre for Addictions Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada;Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michaela SmithCentre for Addictions Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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Mikael JanssonCentre for Addictions Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada;Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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Samantha MagnusCentre for Addictions Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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Jackson FlaggCentre for Addictions Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
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Renay MauriceCentre for Addictions Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada;Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
Pages 69-83 | Received 15 Dec 2016, Accepted 05 May 2017, Published online: 26 May 2017

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Cecilia Benoit, Róisín Unsworth, Priscilla Healey, Michaela Smith & Mikael Jansson. (2021) Centering Sex Workers’ Voices in Law and Social Policy. Sexuality Research and Social Policy 18:4, pages 897-908.
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Cecilia Benoit, Michaela Smith, Mikael Jansson, Priscilla Healey & Douglas Magnuson. (2020) The Relative Quality of Sex Work. Work, Employment and Society 35:2, pages 239-255.
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Francine Tremblay. (2021) Labouring in the Sex Industry: A Conversation with Sex Workers on Consent and Exploitation. Social Sciences 10:3, pages 86.
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Yu Ding. (2020) Beyond Sex/Work: Understanding Work and Identity of Female Sex Workers in South China. Social Inclusion 8:2, pages 95-103.
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Peer Smets & Margarethe Kusenbach. (2020) New Research on Housing and Territorial Stigma: Introduction to the Thematic Issue. Social Inclusion 8:1, pages 1-7.
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Sangram Kishor Patel, Saradiya Mukherjee, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Madhusudana Battala, Matangi Jayaram, Sameer Kumta, Yamini Atmavilas & Niranjan Saggurti. (2019) Enhancing financial security of female sex workers through a community-led intervention in India: Evidence from a longitudinal survey. PLOS ONE 14:10, pages e0223961.
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Christos Sagredos. (2019) The representation of sex work in the Greek Press. Journal of Language and Sexuality 8:2, pages 166-194.
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Cecilia Benoit, Lynne Belle-Isle, Michaela Smith, Rachel Phillips, Leah Shumka, Chris Atchison, Mikael Jansson, Charlotte Loppie & Jackson Flagg. (2017) Sex workers as peer health advocates: community empowerment and transformative learning through a Canadian pilot program. International Journal for Equity in Health 16:1.
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