Self-perception of the female sex workers

Pages: 197-201
Archana Shukla and Nitya Yadav (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh )

The current study cast a glance on the self perception of the female sex workers. 50 sex workers aged 20 to 45 were purposively selected from the NGO in Lucknow. To assess the self perception of the FSWs the semi projective technique WHO AM I? Arkoff (1989) was used. Results depicted that the self perception of FSWs was poor and negatively laden by others perception and feeling of helplessness was overriding