Abstract
The topic of the insecurity in the Latin-American cities has gathered strength in the last
years due to the different political and social events that the region lives. The present
article has as objective consider the experience of the fear geographys by the female sex
workers of the city of San Jose. From a qualitative methodology: observations, interviews,
focal groups and participative photography by female sex workers, it could outline some
general lines that allow us to comprehend the urban sociability that is interwoven in the
city of San Jose for these women. The identified and inhabited spaces are characterized
by the exclusion and the marginalization, where the insecurity and the violence come to
detriment the urban conviviality perceived and practiced by the women.