ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the role of the Çuna and other men in sustaining the researched women’s trafficking episode and the researched women’s experience of living and working in Lyon. The chapter describes the sexual economy of Lyon and the activities of the trafficked women within this economy. I then further examine and analyse the different ‘wife’ and ‘non-wife’ experiences of the researched women and the contests between them. I describe and examine the evolving relationships between the Çuna and the researched women. I also document the complicated and evolving social groups that were originally organised by the traffickers but were later adapted by the researched women. I particularly analyse how status changed within these groups and how women moved between different levels of status and between the groups. The chapter continues by documenting the various experiences of the researched women with clients and the local vice police.
