“ Apartments, hotels, motels. I most frequently do my job abroad.”
As a main reason for having started doing sex work was finances as previously mentioned. When asked:“ Does sex work satisfy your needs and what do you spend on the most part of your earnings?”, the interviewees answered that it was the daily living expenses, needs of their children, satisfying their drugs and psychoactive substances addiction, as well as investments in their job:
“ It satisfies my needs. The most of the money I earn is spent on my rent, household expenses and basic needs.”
“ It doesn’ t satisfy my needs. Daily needs and psychoactive substances needs.”
“ Yes, of course. The most of my money goes on personal needs and things I need for my job, I. e. make-up, clothes and shoes.”
“ Yes. Well, clothes, marijuana, cigarettes and going out at night.”
“ Not really. If my husband didn’ t work, I don’ t know whether we would be able to make ends meet. We have two children and two of us need to eat as well, buy clothes and pay for heating in winter.”
“ Yes. On my child and my personal needs.”“ It does. Clothes, personal needs, marijuana, alcohol.”“ No, the amount is not enough. I spend most of the money on gambling.”
When asked“ Do you share your earnings with someone else?” 22 % of them answered that they did, and it was mostly their husband they share it with, however, there were cases where they share earnings with pimps. A great number of the interviewees are the only breadwinners in their families, or in the communities which they are a part of, i. e. 26 % of them.
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5.3 Legalization of sex work
The necessity for a change in the legal framework that targets sex work can be directly reflected in the answers of the question:“ Are you in favor of sex work legalization?” The research interviewees had various opinions, nevertheless, the majority of them 51 % have given an affirmative answer to the question, 25 % of them gave a negative answer, and there are still many of them who have not come up with a concrete opinion regarding this question. The vast majority of the interviewees, i. e. 67 % do believe that the legalization or de-