Bottoms up: a whorelistic literature review and commentary on sex workers’ romantic relationships

In the field of sex work research, recent decades of scholarship have witnessed an increase in a holistic approach to examining the experiences of this marginalized population. While scholars have examined various aspects of sex workers’ lives, holistic research on their romantic relationships is scarce. However, at the same time, outside the realm of academia, sex workers themselves have been producing their own discourse to approach the various facets they uniquely face in these relationships. Thus, this literature review and commentary analyzes both academic and sex worker published materials.