ABSTRACT Drawing upon the lived experiences of 35 female sex workers (FSW) in Kathmandu, Nepal, this article explores the performativity of sex work–mother dual identities. Performativity presents a way to rupture proscribed singular identities of being a sex worker and highlight agency through the act of expressing dual identities. Global South research has established a link between mothers’ vulnerability and the likelihood of sex work becoming the means of livelihood. Thematic analysis highlights performativity of the dual identities as well as highlighting agency of FSWs to navigate economic necessity, stigmatized societal conditions, gender inequalities, and motherhood through performativity of dual identities.

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污名，代理和母性：探索尼泊尔加德满都的双重母女性工作者身份的表现

摘要本文以尼泊尔加德满都的35名女性性工作者的生活经历为基础，探讨了性工作的表现形式-母亲双重身份。表现力提出了一种打破被禁为性工作者的单一身份并通过表达双重身份的行为突出代理的方法。南方全球研究已建立在母亲的脆弱性与性工作成为谋生手段的可能性之间的联系。主题分析突出了双重身份的表现力，并强调了FSW的机构通过双重身份的表现来导航经济必要性，污名化的社会条件，性别不平等和母性。