Richter Marlise L, Scorgie Fiona, Chersich Matthew F, Luchters Stanley
International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent 9000, Belgium.
Global Health. 2014 Jun 10;10:45. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-45.
Sports mega-events have expanded in size, popularity and cost. Fuelled by media speculation and moral panics, myths proliferate about the increase in trafficking into forced prostitution as well as sex work in the run-up to such events. This qualitative enquiry explores the perceptions of male, female and transgender sex workers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup held in South Africa, and the impact it had on their work and private lives.
A multi-method study design was employed. Data consisted of 14 Focus Group Discussions, 53 sex worker diaries, and responses to two questions in surveys with 1059 male, female and transgender sex workers in three cities.
Overall, a minority of participants noted changes to the sex sector due to the World Cup and nothing emerged on the feared increases in trafficking into forced prostitution. Participants who observed changes in their work mainly described differences, both positive and negative, in working conditions, income and client relations, as well as police harassment. The accounts of changes were heterogeneous - often conflicting in the same research site and across sites.
No major shifts occurred in sex work during the World Cup, and only a few inconsequential changes were noted. Sports mega-events provide strategic opportunities to expand health and human rights programmes to sex workers. The 2010 World Cup missed that opportunity.
大型体育赛事在规模、受欢迎程度和成本方面都有所扩大。在媒体猜测和道德恐慌的推动下，关于此类赛事举办前夕强迫卖淫和性工作中人口贩运增加的谣言甚嚣尘上。这项定性研究探讨了南非2010年足球世界杯期间男性、女性和跨性别性工作者的看法，以及该赛事对他们工作和私人生活的影响。
采用了多方法研究设计。数据包括14次焦点小组讨论、53篇性工作者日记，以及对三个城市1059名男性、女性和跨性别性工作者的两项调查问题的回答。
总体而言，少数参与者指出世界杯导致性行业发生了变化，但并未出现人们所担心的强迫卖淫人口贩运增加的情况。观察到工作变化的参与者主要描述了工作条件、收入和客户关系以及警方骚扰方面的积极和消极差异。关于变化的描述是多种多样的——在同一研究地点和不同地点之间往往相互矛盾。
世界杯期间性工作没有发生重大变化，只注意到一些无关紧要的变化。大型体育赛事为向性工作者扩大健康和人权项目提供了战略机遇。2010年世界杯错失了这一机遇。
