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La perception de soi chez les travailleuses du sexe de Dhaka

Reazul Haque

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Reazul Haque

Résumé de la communication

Bangladesh is a society that determines and sanctions certain values and morals as informed by Islam and a heavily male centred culture. The purpose of such sanctions is to maintain the privilege of these dominant positions and control the lives of those disadvantaged by the system. Women are one group disadvantaged by Bangladeshi cultural mores. In Bangladeshi society, marriage is the central pillar in the social construction of sexuality, which excludes Floating Sex Workers (FSWs) and the sex trade, which are deemed to violate the fundamental practices of Islam and patriarchal culture. This paper will focus on the worldviews and self-perceptions of thirty FSWs respondents as well as three NGO workers (also FSWs) in Dhaka. This paper will addresses the oppression and suffering caused by social exclusion, and the subsequent feelings of powerlessness, poor self-worth and hopelessness experienced by FSWs. Given that FSWs live and work in ways that contravene religious and cultural observances, this paper explores how these women think and feel about themselves, their lives, their futures, sex work, and the attitudes of those around them, and how they shape their own subjectivity and exercise their agency in their understandings of themselves and their world?

Résumé du colloque

Le 11 mai en soirée, le documentaire "Les Fros" (ONF, 2010) sera présenté. La réalisatrice, Stéphanie Lanthier, sera présente et fera une brève allocution pour présenter son film et répondra aux questions du public après le visionnement. Le 12 mai en soirée aura lieu le vernissage de l’exposition « Projet Stanstead ou comment traverser la frontière » à la galerie d’art Foreman de Bishop’s. L'événement est une collaboration entre la galerie et notre colloque. Le grand public, les chercheurs présents au colloque et les artistes pourront échanger lors de ce cocktail-vernissage.