Social Work Practice in a High Tech Era

The United States is entering the era of high tech. In order for this transition to be accomplished smoothly, a variety of policies must be formulated. Nonetheless, the U.S. appears to be moving ahead with technological development without a coherent plan to solve the problems that may result from this growth. This paper analyzes some of the key issues that must be addressed to insure technology is used to foster the common good. Accordingly, the relationship between technology and social work practice is discussed, in order to illustrate to social practitioners the limitations and benefits associated with high tech instruments.     

Dirty Work,Dirty Resistance: Digital Warfare in the Era of Precarious Labor

This qualitative content analysis of 723 anonymous reviews of 60 Canadian food service employers, posted on RateMyEmployer.ca, explores how digital spaces publically circulate precarious workers’ resistances and management of occupational stigma. We introduce to literature on “dirty work” the concept of socioeconomic hygiene, which identifies a particular kind of social and moral order within which the positions of the subordinated are naturalized between the socially and morally “clean” and “unclean.”     

Self-Reflection in Work with Sex Offenders

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From Work as Sex to Sex as Work: Networks, ‘Others’ and Occupations in the Analysis of Work

While once upon a time the social science of work and organization neglected or marginalized gender and sexuality, we have now lost sight of what people actually do, that is to say the activity of work. Gender and sexuality have been identified as crucial to organizational dynamics and, notwithstanding different theoretical emphases, this paradigm has become increasingly influential. We argue (contrary to most of its protagonists) that — within this model — the significance of sex and gender for organization rests principally on their role in the production of identities rather than in what they can tell us about production or work in any wider sense. The article highlights parallels with the ways in which prostitution is now generally understood, whether the emphasis is on subordination or agency. This literature also emphasizes gender relations and identities, even where the focus is on re–writing ‘sex as work’. We argue that this focus neglects the wider networks in which all work, whether mainstream or otherwise, is embedded and that a full analysis must take due account of both these networks and the discursive production of identities. Examples — of work in the finance and sex industries — are used to substantiate this argument and a case is made for the importance of the Chicago School’s analysis of occupations.     

Childhood Sexual Abuse as a Risk Factor for Subsequent Involvement in Sex Work

Abstract

The following paper is a review of research studies examining the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and subsequent involvement in sex work. The vast majority of research studies in this area are conducted on primarily female street-based prostitutes; however, there has been a recent emergence of studies focused on male, predominantly gay/bisexual, participants. Also, more studies have begun to include mixed gender samples and non-sex worker comparison groups. Highlights of the paper include a critique of studies reporting a prevalence of CSA, the intervening effects of family environment, runaway behavior, and abuse characteristics, and a brief overview of research on other sex worker populations. Limitations as well as contributions of current studies are underscored and directions for future research are indicated.     

Talking about Russian Sex in the Era of Pussy Riot

Abstract

An attempt is made to sketch a strategy for reading Kronos (2013), Witold Gombrowicz’s (1904–1969) recently published intimate journal, which he kept in the years 1952–1969. It treats Kronos as belonging to Gombrowicz’s corpus, not merely as a literary sensation or an indiscretion, but as an important artistic and philosophical exhibit, which throws further light on Gombrowicz’s preoccupation with the expression of the body and the existentialist concept of person as presence, one of his Nietzschean strategies for countering metaphysics and its ideal transcendence. The key concepts that bring together the artistic, the autobiographical/somatic, and the philosophical are pain and aging. This reading, in demonstration of the artistic unity of Gombrowicz’s corpus, situates Kronos in the context of the novel Pornografia (1960) and the Diary (1953–1969), which share the major themes of aging and pain.     

Revanchist Masculinity: Gender Attitudes in Sex Work Management

Pimps, or male managers of female sex workers, are commonly represented in popular culture as hypermasculine and as a ubiquitous part of sex work. However, there is little empirical scholarship on pimps or the construction of their masculinity. Drawing on ethnographic and interview data, this article demonstrates how pimps produce a “revanchist masculinity” that seeks to reclaim power from women and establish status over other men. Pimps are suspicious of sex workers’ motives and deny them decision‐making power and profit sharing—processes that highlight how work practices can structure gender identity construction.     

习近平新时代青少年工作思想

习近平新时代青少年工作思想继承和发展了马克思主义青少年工作思想,具有坚实的理论基石、厚实的历史继承和宽广的现实土壤,有其根本动因、现实动因和内在动因。习近平新时代青少年工作思想宏观上为了保证党不断从胜利走向胜利后继有人,中观上为了激励青少年实现中华民族伟大复兴中国梦而奋斗,微观上为了成就青少年勇做走在时代前列的奋进者、开拓者、奉献者。习近平新时代青少年工作思想具有价值导向的政治性、时代主题的鲜明性、引领方法的统一性、工作方法的科学性,深刻回答了我们党培养什么样的青年,怎样培养青年的重大理论和实践问题,丰富了习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的理论内涵,坚定了青少年的共产主义理想信念,确保了青少年运动的正确方向,夯实了实现中华民族伟大复兴中国梦的人才基础,具有重大的理论和现实意义。     

The Strategic Action Field of Sex Work and Sex Trafficking: A Case Study of a Contentious Field in Chicago

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - This paper looks at organizations working on issues of sex work/sex trafficking in Chicago as a strategic action field...     

Influence of Work Place Sex Segregation on Family Life

The purpose of the article is to examine the influence of the sex structure, i.e., the proportion of men and women doing the same sort of work and having daily contacts, at work on family life. The data consists of mail responses by 692 married or cohabiting men and 667 women in 11 occupational groups in Southern Finland. The data was analyzed by using cross tabulations and path analysis. The results indicate that integration of men and women in paid work is sometimes problematic for the family. It is connected with work romances, involvement in work at the expense of the family, career competition between the spouses, and unhappiness in marriage. But women also profit from sex integration of work in their family life. As the husbands of women working with men participate in domestic work at home more than other husbands, these women often consider their marriages to be happy.     

Teaching Social Work and Social Policy in the Era of Hyperpartisanship

ABSTRACT

For social work educators, teaching social policy in the current political climate in the United States may seem daunting and energizing at the same time. Students are often acutely aware of the political and policy-related controversies raging in Washington, D.C. and local governments, and yet their position on these issues may be unexplored or conflicted. The social policy classroom can be a productive place to explore these conflicts, but instructors may be especially wary of undertaking these difficult conversations in the current hyperpartisan era. This article explores how to ground these conversations in social work’s professional values, pedagogical theory, and educational best practices to help students build skill and confidence in developing their own well-informed assessments about policies and politics.     

Sex Work,Office Work: Women Working Behind the Scenes in the US Adult Film Industry

Women currently working behind the scenes in the adult film industry both inform considerations of the contemporary experiences of sex work in the USA and shed some light on differential experiences of gendered workplace organizations. Based on ethnographic observations and informal interviews conducted at a typical adult film production company and on examining the industry's historical development, I have found that a diverse range of occupations and occupational opportunities are available for women in the adult film industry and women workers in the US adult film industry experience their gendered workplace in unique ways. I suggest that this is due in part to the adult film industry's wider social network, which has itself been shaped by the historical development of the adult film industry and the stigma of sex work.     

Group Work Practice with Transgendered Male to Female Sex Workers

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Group work is frequently the method of choice for working with adolescents. This paper focuses on group work with transgend-ered youth who engage in sex work. Utilizing case examples, this paper provides an overview of the role that sex work plays in the lives of some transgendered youth and offers guidance for those interested in utilizing group work approaches with transgendered adolescents.     

Intersections of Stigma,Mental Health,and Sex Work: How Canadian Men Engaged in Sex Work Navigate and Resist Stigma to Protect Their Mental Health

Men engaged in sex work experience significant stigma that can have devastating effects for their mental health. Little is known about how male sex workers experience stigma and its effects on mental health or their strategies to prevent its effects in the Canadian context. This study examined the interrelationships between stigma and mental health among 33 Canadian indoor, male sex workers with a specific goal of understanding how stigma affected men’s mental health and their protective strategies to mitigate against its effects. Men experienced significant enacted stigma that negatively affected their social supports and ability to develop and maintain noncommercial, romantic relationships. Men navigated stigma by avoidance and resisting internalization. Strategy effectiveness to promote mental health varied based on men’s perspectives of sex work as a career versus a forced source of income. Programming to promote men’s mental health must take into consideration men’s diverse strategies and serve to build social supports.