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Abstract
This publication encompasses the key findings stemming from the research
into sex workers’ lifestyle on different scenes (outdoor and indoor) on the
territory of the City of Skopje. In order to obtain detailed information
regarding sex workers’ everyday life, surroundings, intimacy, and their
experience in sex work thus far, the rapport they establish with their clients,
as well as their physical and mental health, interviews have been made
with male, female and transgender individuals who are currently engaged
in sex work. The qualitative analysis has shown variables related to lifestyles
and the manner in which they professionally do sex work on the one hand,
whereas the violence, problems with clients, the limited access to and use of
healthcare services comprise the prevailing factors that hinder their work,
on the other hand. The combination of these unfavorable factors immensely
contributes to sex workers’ exclusion from mainstream society.
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