sex work
Noun
Meaning
sex work (uncountable)
Any job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography.
My mother distributes condoms and outreach materials to those that do sex work for a living in the Tenderloin and Mission.
Synonyms
Examples
In Nevada, there was a time when you couldn't get unemployment unless you tried sex work first.
Sex work is an economic question, not a moral one: in a world where shame and sexual violence are still hard currency, the normalization of the sex industry is a symptom not of social degeneration, but of the economic exploitation of women on a unprecedented scale.