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Aussie sex workers as happy as other women workers 澳洲性工作者 快樂不亞於上班族女性
Wednesday, Mar 07, 2007,Page 15
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Hong Kong sex concert group spokeswoman, Elaine Lam, poses with bras donated by former prostitutes.
香港性愛音樂團體發言人Elaine Lam，與曾為娼妓的女性所捐贈的胸罩一起合影。 (照片：法新社)
PHOTO: AFP
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Prostitutes working legally in Australian brothels are just as happy as women with regular day jobs, a survey showed.
But women who sell sex illegally in their homes or on the streets are far less happy, according to the survey by Queensland University of Technology researcher Charlotte Seib.
The study compared the mental and physical health of nearly 250 prostitutes, aged 18 to 57.
Legal workers reported similar job satisfaction to women in the general community, the Australian Associated Press quoted the survey as showing.
"The general picture is that those women whose families know about their work reported greater job satisfaction than those who kept their work secret," said Seib.
Eighty-two percent of the women said they took up prostitution for the money, while 52 per cent pointed to the flexible working hours.
"And 39 percent said they had a particular goal in mind such as a new car, a house or a holiday," said Seib.
One in four of the women surveyed had a university degree, contrary to the stereotype that sex workers came from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
Legal prostitutes were psychologically on par with other women but street workers were far less stable, said Seib.
About half said they had been raped or assaulted by a client in the past year, compared to just three percent of brothel workers, she noted, indicating that legalisation of the industry had been effective.
Prositution is legal and regulated to various degrees in most of Europe, Australia and Canada. It is illegal or strictly regulated in most of the US, Middle East and Asia.(AFP)
一份調查顯示，在澳洲妓院合法工作的娼妓與朝九晚五的上班族女性一樣快樂。
不過，昆士蘭科技大學研究員夏洛特．賽柏的調查指出，在家中或街頭非法賣淫的女性一點也不快樂。
這項研究比較了近兩百五十位十八至五十七歲娼妓的身心健康狀況。
澳洲美聯社引述這份調查結果說，合法性工作者對自己工作的滿意度與普通女性相近。
賽柏說︰「大致看來，家人知其工作性質的女性，對工作的滿意度要比保密的女性高。」
82%的女性表示，他們是為了金錢賣淫，另有52%的女性是因為工時彈性。
賽柏說︰「有39%的性工作者訂定了買新車、新房或度假等特定目標。」
受訪的女性中有四分之一擁有學士學位，顛覆了性工作者皆為貧困出身的刻板印象。
賽柏指出，合法娼妓在心理層面與其他女性不相上下，但流鶯的心理則不穩定。
她指出，約半數的非法工作者說自己去年曾遭顧客強暴或施暴，相較之下，合法娼妓只有3%，顯示立法規範性產業的成效良好。
性交易在歐洲、澳洲與加拿大多數地區屬於合法，並受不同程度的規範。在美國、中東與亞洲多數地區則屬非法，受嚴格規範。 （法新社╱翻譯︰賴美君）
| Today's Words 今日單字 |
1. satisfaction n.
滿意 (man3 yi4)
例: I love the satisfaction I get from getting an A on my test.
(我喜愛考試拿高分的滿足感。)
2. flexible adj.
彈性的 (tan2 xing4 de5)
例: I'm pretty flexible about what to eat tonight. You pick a place.
(晚餐想吃什麼都可以，你挑地方吧。)
3. contrary adj.
相反的 (xiang1 fan3 de5)
例: Contrary to what you probably think, cockroaches are pretty clean animals.
(跟你所想的相反，蟑螂是相當乾淨的動物。)
4. par n.
同等 (tong2 deng3)
例: I'm on par with my brother when it comes to math, but he's better at English.
(我在數學方面跟哥哥旗鼓相當，但他英文比我強。) |
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