Entrepreneurs work not only in socially accepted and valued domains, but also in highly contested, stigmatized industries. Despite the extreme constraints of working in stigmatized domains, entrepreneurs manage to thrive. The fact that entrepreneurs in these industries appear to overcome the constraints of stigma raises questions about the actual impacts of stigma on entrepreneurs and their ventures. Our qualitative study of entrepreneurs in the sex industry in Canada reveals that the many constraints faced by entrepreneurs in stigmatized industries also create opportunities. Actualizing such stigma-based opportunities loosens the constraints of stigma and enables entrepreneurs to experience structural, cognitive, and emotional emancipation. However, such emancipation is confined to the context, and thus threatened by interactions with those outside the industry. Based on our findings, we develop a model of entrepreneurial emancipation in stigmatized industries.

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耻辱的限制和机遇：性行业的创业解放

企业家不仅在社会接受和重视的领域工作，而且在竞争激烈、被污名化的行业工作。尽管在被污名化的领域工作受到极大限制，但企业家还是设法茁壮成长。这些行业的企业家似乎克服了污名化的限制，这一事实引发了关于污名对企业家及其企业的实际影响的问题。我们对加拿大性行业企业家的定性研究表明，污名化行业的企业家面临的许多限制也创造了机会。实现这种基于污名的机会可以放松污名的约束，并使企业家能够体验结构性、认知性和情感上的解放。然而，这种解放仅限于语境，从而受到与行业外人员互动的威胁。根据我们的发现，我们开发了一个在污名化行业中的企业家解放模型。