GEOGRAPHIES OF THE FEAR OF FEMALE SEX WORKERS: BETWEEN EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS

The topic of the insecurity in the Latin-American cities has gathered strength in the last years due to the different political and social events that the region lives. The present article has as objective consider the experience of the fear geographys by the female sex workers of the city of San Jose. From a qualitative methodology: observations, interviews, focal groups and participative photography by female sex workers, it could outline some general lines that allow us to comprehend the urban sociability that is interwoven in the city of San Jose for these women. The identified and inhabited spaces are characterized by the exclusion and the marginalization, where the insecurity and the violence come to detriment the urban conviviality perceived and practiced by the women.