WOMEN OF EASY LIVING? TIME, PLEASURE AND SUFFERING IN THE WORK OF PROSTITUTES

ABSTRACT This study aims to analyze how temporal perceptions influence pleasure and suffering in the work of prostitutes in Belo Horizonte (MG). A descriptive and qualitative case study was carried out. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 professionals from places known as "battle hotels" and analyzed using content analysis. The interviewed prostitutes associated time as a resource, and this was linked to experiences of pleasure and suffering, in the sense that the effective management of time generated money which was the main source of pleasure from their work. The working time of the prostitutes was also a source of suffering because they normalized or accepted discomfort from their work and the consequences that it entailed.

本研究旨在探讨时间感知如何影响贝洛奥里藏特（米纳斯吉拉斯州）妓女们的愉悦与痛苦。通过一项描述性及定性的案例研究，数据收集自与15位在所谓“战斗酒店”工作的专业人士进行的半结构化访谈，并运用内容分析法进行数据分析。受访的妓女将时间视为一种资源，并将其与愉悦和痛苦的经历相联系，即在有效管理时间中产生的金钱成为了她们工作中愉悦的主要来源。然而，妓女的工作时间也是痛苦之源，因为她们对工作带来的不适及其带来的后果采取了正常化或接受的态度。