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Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 32 No. suppl. 4, 2020.

Original scientific paper

THE SEXUALITY OF SEX WORKERS: SEXUAL AROUSABILITY AND THE SEXUAL PROFILE OF WOMEN ENGAGED IN PROSTITUTION IN SERBIA

Danijela Tiosavljevic ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Maja Pantovic Stefanovic ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Bojana Dunjic ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Pavle Piperac ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Milan Latas ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Maja Milosavljevic ; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Mental Health, Belgrade, Serbia
Sreten Vicentic ; Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

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Abstract

Background: In a view of sex work being a sexual behavioural activity, the main objective of our research was to explore the
sexuality of sex workers in Serbia regarding to intensity of their sexual arousability.
Subjects and methods: The research was conducted on 30 sex workers and 30 controls of randomly selected social and
demographic characteristics, without any signs of psychiatric morbidity. For the evaluation of the intensity of sexual arousability,
SAI (Sexual Arousability Index) questionnaire was used.
Results: The analysis of the main total scores of the SAI for the sex workers and control participants showed no statistically
significant difference in the overall intensity of arousability (p>0.05). However, item by item analysis of the questionnaire showed qualitative difference in sexuality between sex workers and controls, related to certain aspects of sexuality.
Conclusions: These findings allow the space for further research in the way of identifying origins of qualitative issues in the
sexual profile of sex workers, in correlation to women who are not sex workers, i.e. whether they had been result of potential
biological, specific psychodynamic factors, or have been formed as a result of the direct influence of the sex work.

Keywords

sex workers; female; sexual arousability; sexuality

Hrčak ID:

262648

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/262648

Publication date:

18.11.2020.

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