In Between Maria Madalena and Gabriela Leite: Different Women Prostitution Appointment Modes

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2016v13n3p203 This research aims to discuss the meanings and characteristics present in the subjective processes of adult women linked to prostitution in a small urban center located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul - MS. We resorted to qualitative research in psychology and to cartography as a method. Long interviews were conducted with ten (10) bio-women - women in biological terms, women with a female sexual organ (PRECIADO, 2008) - which resided and/or worked in the surveyed municipality, but varied in educational background, race/color and time dedicated to prostitution. Through Cultural Studies and Queer Theory, we noted the use of different classifications by our participants, revealing important personal positions and political struggles of these women in society and in the very practice of prostitution, as well as the deconstruction of a universal identity of the prostitute woman.

Keywords

• Cartografias
• Estudos Queer
• Mulheres
• Processos de Subjetivação
• Prostituição Feminina Adulta