标题：CUERPO, COMERCIO SEXUAL, AMOR E IDENTIDAD. SIGNIFICADOS CONSTRUIDOS POR MUJERES QUE PRACTICARON LA PROSTITUCIÓN (Body, sexual commerce, love and identity, meanings constructed by women that practiced prostitution)
摘要：Se propuso una comprensión contextuada de la prostitución, centrada en la subjetividad y las construcciones sociales acerca de dicha práctica. La investigación respondió a la pregunta ¿Cuáles son los significados acerca de la corporalidad, los intercambios sexuales con los clientes, la experiencia del amor y la identidad, construidos por mujeres que practicaron la prostitución? El diseño fue cualitativo y su estrategia metodológica fue el estudio de casos múltiples; las técnicas de generación de información fueron la entrevista en profundidad y la observación no participante; participaron cinco mujeres entre 33 y 50 años de edad, quienes practicaron la prostitución callejera en Medellín. Se encontró que para las participantes el comercio sexual es equitativo en tanto que lo recibido por ellas y sus clientes es significado como “felicidad”; no obstante, la práctica de la prostitución es significada como dolorosa, pues para ellas el encuentro sexual debe estar atravesado por el amor. Y, aunque ya no practicaban la prostitución, la consideran como una experiencia vigente que configura la definición de sí mismas y los modos de vinculación con los otros. Palabras claves: Prostitución Femenina, Corporalidad, Identidad, Sexualidad. ABSTRACT A contextualized understanding of prostitution was suggested, centered on the subjectivity and the social constructions about that practice. The research answered the question: What are the significant about corporality, sexual commerce with clients, experience of love and identity, constructed by the women who practiced prostitution? It was a qualitative design and its methodological strategy was a multiple case study; it was focused on five women between 33 and 50 years old who practiced street prostitution in Medellin. They all were beneficiaries of the municipal program “Por una vida más digna” (For a More Dignified Life). The techniques on generation the information were collected with rigorous interviews and non participant observation. It was found that the sexual trade is fair for the participants as long as it is received by them and by their clients like something similar to “happiness ";;;. However this fair interchange doesn’t mean that prostitution is not signified as being painful since the sexual intercourse should imply love for them. Finally, it was also found that in spite of the participants don’t practice prostitution anymore, they still consider it as a current experience that configures their own definitions and their way of interacting with others. It is concluded that in the experience of body in prostitution, a mark is left by the subjectivity and by the way to understand certain social dispositions, which are necessary to be included in society. Key words : Feminine Prostitution, Corporality, Identity, Prostitution, Self Concept, Sexuality.
