Women and drug dealers. A field research into middle-class drug trafficking in Bordeaux

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This article aims to study the position of women involved in drug trafficking in Bordeaux. Being a woman in drug trafficking has several benefits: it allows women to take advantage of positive stereotypes and sexual advantages in the purchase and sale of narcotics, and in front of the police. But it also exposes them to many risks. As a sexual minority in a social environment perceived as dangerous, women must constantly make sure that their gender is not seen as a factor of physical and psychological weakness. They face a widespread threat of violence and are more likely to be duped. They therefore put in place strategies to be recognized as full members of the trafficking business. They also feel a double shift, because of their positions straddling several social worlds: the world of narcotics, and other legitimate spheres of their social lives.