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Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Migration Studies
  • Gender Studies

Background:

  • Sex work and intimate economies are complex systems.
  • Migrant women face unique legal and socio-economic precarities.
  • Hong Kong presents a specific context for examining these dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how non-Chinese women in Hong Kong leverage intimacy for economic and legal management.
  • To define and analyze 'intimate-material exchanges' within this population.
  • To understand the strategies women employ in ambiguous legal spaces.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative research design.
  • 39 in-depth interviews with ethnically non-Chinese women and men in Hong Kong.
  • Analysis of interactional processes within intimate-material exchanges.

Main Results:

  • Intimate-material exchanges are shaped by migration, pragmatism, and strategic intentionality.
  • Women adapt and improvise sexual scripts to maximize material benefits.
  • These exchanges occur within a context of ambiguous legal and institutional constraints.

Conclusions:

  • Migration significantly influences women's participation in intimate-material exchanges.
  • These strategies are adaptive responses to precarity.
  • Findings have implications for sex worker rights and policy discussions.