Autopercepción de mujeres del área metropolitana de Medellín que ejercen el trabajo sexual por medio de plataformas digitales 2025 – 2
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2025-12-08
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Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios – UNIMINUTO
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Monografía
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Abstract
Esta investigación cualitativa-fenomenológica examina las autopercepciones de tres mujeres (20-25 años) del área metropolitana de Medellín que ejercen trabajo sexual digital mediante modelaje webcam. A través de entrevistas semiestructuradas, se identificaron ocho dimensiones de autopercepción: autoestima ambivalente, separación identitaria (yo laboral/personal), manejo del estigma, disonancia cognitiva, regulación emocional, urgencia económica, resiliencia y construcción de sentido.Los hallazgos revelan tres tensiones centrales: (1) Necesidad económica versus agencia personal: ingresan "por sobrevivir", enfrentando "elección coercida" (MacKinnon) donde la vulnerabilidad socioeconómica limita la libertad real. (2) Auto-objetificación versus autopercepción integral: internalizan la mirada externa que las reduce a "producto comercializable", aunque resisten mediante compartimentalización. (3) Responsabilidad familiar versus desarrollo personal: priorizannecesidades familiares desde una ética del cuidado, convirtiendo el sacrificio en sentido existencial. La pandemia COVID-19 intensificó estas dinámicas, normalizando plataformas digitales bajo discursos de empoderamiento que invisibilizan condiciones de necesidad. Se concluye que sus autopercepciones se configuran entre limitaciones estructurales y ejercicio de agencia. Aunque demuestran resiliencia, sus experiencias cuestionan narrativas simplistas de empoderamiento que celebran "fortaleza femenina" sin problematizar las condiciones estructurales de vulnerabilidad de género y clase
Abstract This qualitative-phenomenological study examines the self-perceptions of three women (20-25 years old) from the Medellín metropolitan area who engage in digital sex work through webcam modeling. Through semi-structured interviews, eight dimensions of self-perception were identified: ambivalent self-esteem, identity separation (work/personal self), managing stigma, cognitive dissonance, emotional regulation, economic urgency, resilience, and meaning-making.The findings reveal three central tensions: (1) Economic necessity versus personal agency: they enter the field "to survive," facing "coerced choice" (MacKinnon) where socioeconomic vulnerability limits their true freedom. (2) Self-objectification versus holistic self-perception: they internalize the external gaze that reduces them to a "marketable product," although they resist through compartmentalization. (3) Family responsibility versus personal development: they prioritize family needs from an ethic of care, transforming sacrifice into existential meaning. (4) The COVID-19 pandemic intensified these dynamics, normalizing digital platforms under discourses of empowerment that obscure conditions of need. It is concluded that their self-perceptions are shaped by structural limitations and the exercise of agency. Although they demonstrate resilience, their experiences challenge simplistic narratives of empowerment that celebrate "female strength" without problematizing the structural conditions of vulnerability based on gender and class
Abstract This qualitative-phenomenological study examines the self-perceptions of three women (20-25 years old) from the Medellín metropolitan area who engage in digital sex work through webcam modeling. Through semi-structured interviews, eight dimensions of self-perception were identified: ambivalent self-esteem, identity separation (work/personal self), managing stigma, cognitive dissonance, emotional regulation, economic urgency, resilience, and meaning-making.The findings reveal three central tensions: (1) Economic necessity versus personal agency: they enter the field "to survive," facing "coerced choice" (MacKinnon) where socioeconomic vulnerability limits their true freedom. (2) Self-objectification versus holistic self-perception: they internalize the external gaze that reduces them to a "marketable product," although they resist through compartmentalization. (3) Family responsibility versus personal development: they prioritize family needs from an ethic of care, transforming sacrifice into existential meaning. (4) The COVID-19 pandemic intensified these dynamics, normalizing digital platforms under discourses of empowerment that obscure conditions of need. It is concluded that their self-perceptions are shaped by structural limitations and the exercise of agency. Although they demonstrate resilience, their experiences challenge simplistic narratives of empowerment that celebrate "female strength" without problematizing the structural conditions of vulnerability based on gender and class
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Conocer las autopercepciones de mujeres en el área metropolitana de Medellín que ejercen el trabajo sexual a través de plataformas digitales atreves de sus propias narrativas de vida
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Autopercepción, Trabajo sexual digital, Modelaje webcam, Investigación cualitativa, Enfoque fenomenológico, Estigma social, Empoderamiento femenino, Ética del cuidado, Medellín