Significant others are the people who maintain close relationships with an individual and who influence the individual’s functioning. In case of youth this category typically includes their parents, siblings, partners (boyfriends or girlfriends) as well as peers. Significant others can also be defined as people who have particular bearing on the individual’s primary socialization. The latter is usually chiefly influenced by the parents. This article aims firstly to demonstrate the position of the father among significant others the view of young people, using the results of CBOS (Public Opinion Research Center) social opinion surveys. Secondly, the purpose of the article is to compare the educational roles which both parents enact as a young person’s partners in discussions on politics, school, future plans, personal issues and sex.
The purpose of the article is to present the barriers to leaving sex work which are related to the influence of significant others on decisions made by sex workers. The analysis was applied in the case of two categories of significant others (organizational and intimate), which through interactions in escort agencies and on family grounds, respectively, may exert a destructive influence on sex workers' intentions, referring to their life and the act of leaving sex work. Therefore, the relationships with significant others described in the article interfere in the process of these women's identity transformation, hindering the development of a self-concept outside prostitution. The article is based on qualitative research carried out in escort agencies in one of the biggest Polish cities.
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Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zaprezentowanie barier wychodzenia z prostytucji, które wiążą się z wpływem znaczących innych na decyzje podejmowane przez osoby świadczące usługi seksualne. Analizie poddano dwie kategorie znaczących innych (organizacyjnych i intymnych), które poprzez interakcje odpowiednio w agencjach towarzyskich oraz na gruncie rodzinnym mogą wywierać destrukcyjny wpływ na zamierzenia związane ze zmianą swojego życia i odejściem z pracy seksualnej. Tym samym, opisane w artykule relacje ze znaczącymi innymi interweniują w proces transformacji tożsamości kobiet, utrudniając zbudowanie koncepcji siebie poza prostytucją. Artykuł opiera się na badaniach jakościowych zrealizowanych w agencjach towarzyskich jednego z dużych polskich miast.
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