Citation

Romo-Avilés N, Camarotti AC, Tarragona A, Touris C. Subst. Use Misuse 2014; 50(5): 557-565.

Affiliation

1Institute for Women's and Gender Studies, and Department of Social Anthropology, University of Granada , Granada , Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/10826084.2014.991404

PMID

25545137

Abstract

Consumption of freebase cocaine in Argentina has been investigated among males but not females. This qualitative study focuses on the complexity of relationships between gender identity and the use of drugs, investigating freebase cocaine as an example in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In-depth interviews were conducted with female consumers in 2010. The results reveal the different ways in which female identity is constructed in the context of social vulnerability. We identify ways of doing gender and feeling like a woman in a man's world that are associated with a higher risk of violence and exclusion for being female.

Language: en