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Editor's note
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More than 100,000 Australians are classified as homeless on any given night. We know these people are often anxious about their circumstances, experience ill health and a lack of personal safety. But there are hidden aspects of homelessness we don’t often hear about – such as the extra vulnerability to gendered violence homeless women are exposed to.
Juliet Watson conducted a study of women’s experiences managing homelessness in Melbourne, and found many had to resort to “survival sex” to stay off the streets. Ironically, their desperate need for a comfortable and safe place to sleep often puts these women in a different kind of harmful scenario.
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Sasha Petrova
Acting Cities Editor
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Top story
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Homeless women are particularly vulnerable to gendered violence.
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Juliet Watson, RMIT University
Survival sex can be a viable option for women managing homelessness. It ranged from staying with men for a night or a woman remaining in a sexual relationship to avoid becoming homeless again.
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