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<p>This study explored three life stories of Muslim sex workers who migrated from East Java villages to Surabaya City, Indonesia. The interview data illustrate the pathways and reasons behind their entry into and continuation in sex work. The study critiques the dominant discourse that primarily attributes women’s involvement in sex work to economic factors or trafficking while proposing a cultural perspective. This approach examines the intersection of socioeconomic conditions with religious and cultural meanings embedded in their decisions. By situating these experiences within the Javanese Islamic cultural context, the study elucidates their engagement in sex work as a process of “fulfilling, negotiating, and restoring” their identities and roles as “good women.”</p>

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Doing “Good Women”: Life Stories of Three Javanese Muslim Women’s Pathways into Sex Work in Indonesia

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    2026年2月1日

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  • Wooi Han Lee

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This study explored three life stories of Muslim sex workers who migrated from East Java villages to Surabaya City, Indonesia. The interview data illustrate the pathways and reasons behind their entry into and continuation in sex work. The study critiques the dominant discourse that primarily attributes women’s involvement in sex work to economic factors or trafficking while proposing a cultural perspective. This approach examines the intersection of socioeconomic conditions with religious and cultural meanings embedded in their decisions. By situating these experiences within the Javanese Islamic cultural context, the study elucidates their engagement in sex work as a process of “fulfilling, negotiating, and restoring” their identities and roles as “good women.”