Sex Work and Female Self-Empowerment by Stephanie Hunter Jones

Author:Stephanie Hunter Jones [Jones, Stephanie Hunter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Prostitution & Sex Trade, Psychology, Human Sexuality, Women's Studies
ISBN: 9781134812721
Google: OvrdCwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-31T03:21:08+00:00

Self-Empowerment, Female Sexuality, and the IFSW

It is clear that the courtesan’s work and control over her circumstances allowed her to experience a degree of self-empowerment in her life that most females were and are unable to possess during their lifetimes. In order to understand the phenomenon of self-empowerment among IFSWs in contemporary society, it is necessary to consider some models for this important concept.

On his website, The Self-Empowerment Guide, Jason Peck (2013) asserts that there are five levels of self-empowerment—physical empowerment, emotional empowerment, mental empowerment, spiritual empowerment, and financial empowerment. According to Peck, all of these aspects must be fully in balance in order for one to be self-empowered.

Peck describes physical empowerment as “your life, your health, and your physical environment. All of the physical things around you both living and nonliving” (para. 1). The value in being aware and observant, and having a system to help make some changes toward the needed balance is imperative. Many individuals live and walk in a dream state, as if asleep; it is as though they are on automatic pilot and go through life as a robot. An individual who is physically empowered is one who is fully awake and aware of their body, life, and environment (Peck, 2013).

Emotional empowerment is evoked by Peck as, “What does your life feel like? What factors are preventing you from getting out of that chair and into a different state of being?” (para. 1) An individual must have control over their emotions, and again, balance is the key. An out of balance individual expresses no emotion, or overreacts to everything. The key to being emotionally empowered is to be balanced and happy (Peck, 2013).

Peck states that “emotions flow, thoughts flow, your life flows. When we learn how to adjust the flow we can use what is a natural process to enhance our lives and the lives of many others” (para. 4). When we are not control of our emotion it puts stress on the body, mind, and spirit. It eliminates our core energy source. Another key factor in emotional empowerment is having the wisdom to know when to remove oneself from a stressful situation or environment. Peck (2013) explains,

Stress puts a negative effect on our bodies. Once we learn how to eliminate stress at the source then we have more energy for our own health. There are many resources for stress management. I am going to give you one for preemptive stress elimination. You can remove stress at its source by taking some action towards eliminating the factors that cause stress. (para. 5)

Mental empowerment is another level that Peck describes as important for balance. Throughout one’s lifespan one must always continue to study and feed one’s mind knowledge. Our thoughts are the kingdom that rules the country. An individual who is aware and in control of their thoughts is mentally empowered. As Peck (2013) states, “Feed your body feed your head. If you feed your head with bad images, bad words, and bad thoughts you will get a bad head” (para.

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