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sex worker en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.
   • Most official attempts to monitor the health of sex workers have been designed to protect clients and society 1995. Lesley Doyal, "What makes women sick: gender and the political economy of health", Page 226
   • Many were initiated into sex work through friends who were already sex workers, but others took the initiative themselves. 1999. Peter Aggleton, "Men who sell sex: international perspectives on male prostitution", Page 44
   • In an unusual move, Florida prosecutors charged not only the sex workers advertised on the Web site, but also the Web site owners and registered users of the site. 2010. Marshall Barron Clinard, Robert F. Meier, "Sociology of Deviant Behavior", Page 350
   • Like the scripted scenarios mouthed by sex workers on 1-900 porn lines, our sexual language has become stilted and rehearsed. 1993 October, Michael Bronski, “The Lost Language of Desire”, in Gay Community News, page 12:

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Relateds

prostitute

Translations (48)

ar عاملة بالجنس (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ka სექს-მუშაკი (person who supplies sexual services for money) · pl sex worker (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ru рабо́тница се́кс-би́знеса (person who supplies sexual services for money) · de Sexarbeiterin (person who supplies sexual services for money) · sv sexarbetare (person who supplies sexual services for money) · vi gái điếm (person who supplies sexual services for money) · pt trabalhador sexual (person who supplies sexual services for money) · sw mfanyakazi wa ngono (person who supplies sexual services for money) · tr seks işçisi (person who supplies sexual services for money) · es trabajador sexual (person who supplies sexual services for money) · vi gái làm tiền (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ro lucrător sexual (person who supplies sexual services for money) · sh seksualni radnik (person who supplies sexual services for money) · eo amoristino (person who supplies sexual services for money) · fi seksityöntekijä (person who supplies sexual services for money) · nb sexarbeider (person who supplies sexual services for money) · es trabajadora sexual (person who supplies sexual services for money) · de Sexarbeiter (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ja セックスワーカー (person who supplies sexual services for money) · pl pracownica seksualna (person who supplies sexual services for money) · nl sekswerker (person who supplies sexual services for money) · es sexoservidor (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ko 성 근로자 (person who supplies sexual services for money) · fr travailleur du sexe (person who supplies sexual services for money) · vi gái mại dâm (person who supplies sexual services for money) · el σεξεργάτης (person who supplies sexual services for money) · sh seksualna radnica (person who supplies sexual services for money) · cmn 性工作者 (person who supplies sexual services for money) · es sexoservidora (person who supplies sexual services for money) · pl pracownik seksualny (person who supplies sexual services for money) · eo amoristo (person who supplies sexual services for money) · el σεξεργάτρια (person who supplies sexual services for money) · pl sex workerka (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ro lucrătoare sexuală (person who supplies sexual services for money) · hu szexmunkás (person who supplies sexual services for money) · hi सेक्स वर्कर (person who supplies sexual services for money) · eo sekslaboristo (person who supplies sexual services for money) · bn যৌনকর্মী (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ar عامل بالجنس (person who supplies sexual services for money) · fr travailleuse du sexe (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ru рабо́тник се́кс-би́знеса (person who supplies sexual services for money) · vi gái đứng đường (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ca treballador sexual (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ga oibrí gnéis (person who supplies sexual services for money) · da sexarbejder (person who supplies sexual services for money) · nn sexarbeidar (person who supplies sexual services for money) · ca treballadora sexual (person who supplies sexual services for money)