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Prostitution

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 (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, manual sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact also creates the…

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Activity sectors
Sex industry
Fields of employment
Sex work
Related jobs
Stripper, porn actor, sex worker, sugar dating

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Etymology and terminology

History

Law

Survival sex

Forced prostitution

Sex care for the disabled

Procurement methods

Organization

Prevalence

Violence against prostitutes

Medical situation

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Prostitution

Nodes317
Edges316
Triples500
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006309
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Prostitution

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related to Further reading · 121
Prostitution → America, Amnesty International, Andrew, April, Archived, Badboy Books, Basingstoke, Bibliography, Bloomsbury ISBN, Boston, Brown, Bullough, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Cinema, Class, Conn, Cunningham, Ditmore, Economic Growth
related to Forced prostitution · 39
Prostitution → Albania, Annually, Approximately, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Crime, Drugs, Due, Germany, Globally, Government-sponsored, ILO, International, International Labour Organization, Israel, It, Italy, Japan
related to Americas · 25
Prostitution → American, Approximately, Before, Caribbean, Cuba, Cuban, Fidel, Fidel Castro, God, Havana, Heath, In, In Latin America, La Cebolla, Las Horizontales, Reflecting, Sexual, So, Social, Soul Laws
related to Neo-abolitionism · 24
Prostitution → Advocates, As, Christians, Denmark, Dutch, Exxpose, France, Germany, Iceland, In, It, Italy, January, Neo-abolitionism, Netherlands, Nordic, Norway, Prostitutes, Spain, Sweden
related to Decriminalization · 22
Prostitution → America, Amnesty International, Call Off Your Old, COYOTE, Decriminalization, In, In Australia, International, International Committee, Many, Network, Nevada-style, New Zealand, North American Task Force, Proponents, Prostitutes' Rights, Scarlet Alliance, Sex Work Projects, These, This
related to Other meanings · 21
Prostitution → B-movie, Bonapartist, Comintern, Don't, For, German Social Democracy, Holden, Holden Caulfield, Hollywood, If, In, Joseph Stalin, Kautskianism, Leon Trotsky, Now, One, Russian, Rye, Stalin, The
related to Illegal migrants · 20
Prostitution → Amsterdam, An, Austria, Central Europe, Currently, Eastern, Europe-A, European, Greece, Italy, Le Monde, Norway, Sex Work, Spain, Switzerland, TAMPEP, The, They, This, Western Europe
related to South Asia · 20
Prostitution → Although, Asian, Buddhist, During, East India Company's, Europe, European, High-class, India, Indian, Japan, Later Vedic, Like, Matsya Purana, Mughal Empire, Prostitutes, The Mahabharata, These, They, Urdu
related to East Asia · 18
Prostitution → Although, Among, British, Edo, European, In, Japan, Japanese, Kyoto, Many, Oiran, Osaka, The, Their, They, To, Turkish, Yoshiwara
related to Use of children · 16
Prostitution → According, Cambodia, Children, If, In, India, International Labour Organization, Latin America, Nepal, Often, Philippines, Regarding, Sri Lanka, Steinman, Thailand, Vietnam

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ProstitutionActivity sectorsSex industry1.00infobox
ProstitutionFields of employmentSex work1.00infobox
ProstitutionRelated jobsStripper, porn actor, sex worker, sugar dating1.00infobox
Prostitutionis atype of sex work that involves engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment0.90text
Prostitutionis asignificant issue in feminist thought and activism0.90text
Prostitutionis aform of prostitution that is fairly common in the Netherlands and surrounding countries0.90text
Prostitutionis aactive disease vector for all STIs0.90text
sex workerinstance ofThose seeking to remove the social stigma associated with prostitution often promote terminology0.80text
commercial sex workerinstance ofThose seeking to remove the social stigma associated with prostitution often promote terminology0.80text
male prostitution or male escort are therefore often used to identify malesinstance ofcompound terms0.80text
public solicitationinstance ofbut the surrounding activities0.80text
operating a brothelinstance ofbut the surrounding activities0.80text

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