Faking it Until You Make It Introduction What is emotional labor? Why is it needed in service work? Many occupations require emotional management, especially in service work. Many of us are aware of the presentation that we all must perform in the workplace. Every workplace wants their employees to present a certain imagine to their clients or buyers. This type of management of your emotions is known as emotional labor, which will be defined and discussed further in the paper. People use emotional labor as protection for sense of self identity. The occupation that requires emotional labor is sex work. There has been many discussion of the risk sex workers psychological and emotional health in the sex industry. The paper will explore the …show more content…
This occupation requires emotional labor more than any other types of service work; prostitutes have to give their clients the illusion that they enjoy it just as much as they do. This article Understanding Prostitution explores the deep-rotted myths and popular assumes of prostitution in our society. The most significant perspectives are the “The Oppression Paradigm and Empowerment paradigm. Oppression Paradigm is critical to examine because represent the commonly known stereotypes and stigmas that are in prostitution. It only focusses on the negatives outlooks of prostitution (Weitzer, Understanding prostitution, 2011, p. 11).It believes that prostitution is morally wrong, increase gender inequality and cause psychological harm. Claimed that “Her self and those qualities that define her as an individual are removed in prostitution and acts the part of thing he wants her to be” (Weitzer, Understanding prostitution, 2011, p. 13). This statement is completely dismiss the idea of sex workers feeling empowered or enjoyment being a sex worker because of the new identity and role they get to perform well working. Sex workers are not the only individual that form a work identity for their self-preservation and protection, thus its seen in doctors, celebrities or anyone the does emotional labor. For instance, the legendary Beyoncé has created an alter ego known as …show more content…
He explores the different stigmas and emotional outcomes both must face within our society and sex industry. Indoor workers are sex workers that is generally worker in indoor setting such as, “brothels, massage parlors, bars, hotels, saunas, private premises, dance halls, and on boats docked in harbors” (Weitzer, 2011, p. 22). There’s significant differences between indoor workers and street workers, its more complex than the fact being one’s indoor vs street but rather its focus on the characteristics and preconditions environment that is superior over street workers (Weitzer, 2011, p. 22). This article study the well-being of both sectors, it examined the mental health 187 prostitutes (Weitzer, 2011, p. 27). The finding shows that those that worked in a high pay scale scored high on the measure of emotional well-being (Weitzer, 2011, p. 27). Unlike those that work in low pay scale in poor work condition, they scored low on the measure of well-being (Weitzer, 2011, p. 27). It states the contrast of these two sectors is that indoor workers are able to handle themselves well, building their emotional control and work in safer environment than street workers (Weitzer, 2011, p.