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Acciones colectivas de protesta de trabajadoras sexuales: Procesos de politización cotidiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2025

Jacqueline Espinoza-Ibacache
Affiliation:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV)
Lupicinio Iñiguez-Rueda*
Affiliation:
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Claudia Zúñiga
Affiliation:
Universidad de Chile
*
Corresponding author: Lupicinio Iñiguez-Rueda; Email: lupicinio.iniguez@uab.cat
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Resumen

Los estudios sobre las acciones colectivas de las trabajadoras sexuales se han centrado principalmente en la esfera pública, abordando procesos de organización sindical, movimientos sociales y articulación de redes para la reivindicación de sus derechos. Sin embargo, han prestado escasa atención a las acciones que les permiten sobrellevar los agravios en su contexto laboral. Este estudio tiene como objetivo comprender las acciones colectivas cotidianas de protesta de las trabajadoras sexuales en entornos laborales estigmatizados por la norma de género. Para ello, realizamos una etnografía etnometodológica feminista durante dieciocho meses en el norte de Chile, donde observamos diversos escenarios del trabajo sexual y realizamos dieciocho entrevistas en profundidad. Concluimos que las trabajadoras sexuales producen acciones colectivas de protesta situadas y efímeras, mediante las cuales buscan restituir, aunque precariamente, el equilibrio de poder en sus escenarios laborales, y que relegan la posibilidad de impugnar directamente el orden social debido al costo que significaría en sus vidas.

Abstract

Abstract

Studies on the collective actions of sex workers have primarily focused on the public sphere, including union organizing processes, social movements, and the formation of networks advocating for their rights. Little attention has been given to the actions employed by sex workers to address the challenges they face in their day-to-day work environments. Our objective is to gain an understanding of the daily collective protest actions taken by sex workers who operate in labour contexts marked by gender norms. To achieve this, we conducted a feminist ethnomethodological ethnography over a period of eighteen months in northern Chile. During this time, we observed various scenarios related to sex work and conducted eighteen in-depth interviews. Our findings suggest that sex workers engage in situational and temporary collective protest actions to restore a fragile balance of power in their work environments. They tend to avoid directly challenging the social order because of the potential personal costs involved in doing so.

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Tabla 1. Participantes