Prostitutions Lifestyle: Getting Out and Challenge to Change

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine street-level prostitution lifestyle of women and the extent of the desire to change this lifestyle and exiting. Methods: this qualitative ethnography study was performed on 48 women street-level prostitution that referred to Mikhak drop in center in Tehran between Dec 2017 and Dec 2018. The transcripts were analyzed for themes that represented the shared consensus of the research participants.Results: Their parents have a low level of education, their family finances are poor. There were addictions in most families. Many of these women have been victims of domestic violence as well as children. Wives are agents of encouraging these women to be prostitutes. After friends, the spouses of these people encouraged them to use drugs. The results of this study show that more than 60% of children were raped in their childhood, which could be the main cause of many mental and psychological illnesses. More than 90% of these people have no hope of a better future, and they think they should continue to work for the rest of their lives to earn a living and earn money. Given that these people have a low level of education, they had almost no knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases, and nearly 80% of them reported that they did not use condoms during sex.Conclusions: None of the women based their personal desire on their own prostitution, and their majority were motivated by poverty and financial pressure. This study showed, poverty and addiction are two variables that propagate the prostitution phenomenon.

کلیدواژه ها:

Street-level Prostitution ، Lifestyle ، Change ، Exiting