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sex worker

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See also: sexworker and sex-worker

English

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Noun

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sex worker (plural sex workers )

  1. A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.
    • 1993 October, Michael Bronski, "The Lost Language of Desire", in Gay Community News, page 12:
      Like the scripted scenarios mouthed by sex workers on 1-900 porn lines, our sexual language has become stilted and rehearsed.
    • 1995. Lesley Doyal, "What makes women sick: gender and the political economy of health", Page 226
      Most official attempts to monitor the health of sex workers have been designed to protect clients and society
    • 1999. Peter Aggleton, "Men who sell sex: international perspectives on male prostitution", Page 44
      Many were initiated into sex work through friends who were already sex workers, but others took the initiative themselves.
    • 2010. Marshall Barron Clinard, Robert F. Meier, "Sociology of Deviant Behavior", Page 350
      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.

Usage notes

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  • This term is promoted along with the idea that what has previously been termed prostitution should be recognized as work on equal terms with that of conventional jobs, with the legal implications this has. It is sometimes regarded as a less offensive alternative to prostitute , although "sex worker" has a much broader meaning.

Translations

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person who supplies sexual services for money

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English sex worker .

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA (key): /sɛksˈwɔr.kɛr/
    • Rhymes: -ɔrkɛr
    • Syllabification: sex wor‧ker

    Noun

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    sex worker m pers (female equivalent sex workerka )

    1. sex worker (person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation)
      Synonym: pracownik seksualny

    Declension

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    Declension of sex worker
    singular plural
    nominative sex worker sex workerzy/sex workery (deprecative)
    genitive sex workera sex workerów
    dative sex workerowi sex workerom
    accusative sex workera sex workerów
    instrumental sex workerem sex workerami
    locative sex workerze sex workerach
    vocative sex workerze sex workerzy
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    Further reading

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    • "sex worker", in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)
    • seksworker at Obserwatorium Językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

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