| 单词 | sex work |
| 释义 | > as lemmassex work sex work n. (a) the academic study of sexual behaviour or practices (rare); (b) employment in the sex industry, esp. paid work providing sexual services, such as in the pornography business or as a prostitute.Typically used (esp. when in preference to prostitution) to avoid or reduce negative connotations and to evoke affinity with conventional service industries. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > [noun] > study of sex sexology1867 sex work1934 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > action or practice of being a prostitute strumpetry1435 strumperya1500 harloting1575 sacking1591 streetwalking1735 sex work1934 tomming1964 hoing1972 escorting1988 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > pornography > trade in sex work1934 skin trade1969 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 21 334 Hemp has been the subject of a great deal of study in regard to its sexual behavior. Malloch (1922) points out its desirability for sex work. 1970 N.Y. Times 27 Apr. 28/1 He [sc. Dr. William H. Masters] started sex work in 1954. 1983 in C. Leigh Unrepentant Whore (2004) 71 Subtitled ‘The demystification of the Sex-Work Industry’, this one-woman performance piece was written by a prostitute. 1996 F. M. Shaver in B. Schissel & L. Mahood Social Control in Canada ix. 205 Many feminist theorists simply denounce prostitution in particular and sex work in general as dangerous, degrading, and entirely undesirable as a profession. < as lemmas |
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