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sex work
[ seks wurk ]
noun
- the sex industry or work in this industry, including prostitution, pornography, stripping, or pornographic modeling intended to sexually arouse clients.
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Other Words From
- sex work·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sex work1
First recorded in 1930–35 in the sense “the academic study of sexual behavior,” and in 1980–85 for the current sense
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Example Sentences
Thus begins a recently leaked document calling for an end to prohibitions on sex work.
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People are waking up to the fact that laws against sex work actually help human traffickers.
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Another huge impetus behind the movement to legalize sex work is the current focus on ending the scourge of sex trafficking.
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In fact, the data are pretty clearly in favor of legalizing sex work to improve public health.
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The World Health Organization recommends that countries decriminalize sex work.
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