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prostitute

Person who has sex for money

Conceptactivity profession occupationQ14915751

Also known as sex workers · working boys · call boy · streetwalkers · call boys · whores

Instance of: activity
, profession
, occupation
Subclass of: sex worker

Overview

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Prostitution is a type of sex work that involves engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact with the customer. The requirement of physical contact also creates the risk of transferring infections. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is also described as gender-based violence. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in the field is usually called a prostitute or sex worker, but other words, such as hooker and whore, are sometimes used pejoratively to refer to those who work in prostitution. The majority of prostitutes are female and have male clients.

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81 statements · 9% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Field of this occupation: prostitution subject has role: tangible good
sexual intercourse
Female form of label: prostituée
проститутка
بائعة هوى
prostituitino
jinepuedan
prostituerad
повія
Prostituierte
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זונה
prostitutka
Hure
prostituta
prostituta
prostituta
prostituta
прасталытка
prostitutka
prostituta
prostitutė
Prostituéiert
Male form of label: prostituto
hinepudan
проститут
проститут
прасталыт
prostitué
prostitut
prostitutas
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Prostituéierten
Opposite of: prostitution client criterion used: consumer
procurer criterion used: beneficiary
Different from: sexual surrogate
sexual assistant
Prostitute criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items
Said to be the same as: night butterfly
Dirne
Members / parts: male prostitute
female prostitute
prostitution of children
street prostitution
Depicted by: Whore
Work location: brothel
outside

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