The Oxford Advanced Learner 's Dictionary defines prostitution as "the offering of the body to indiscriminate lewdness for hire". A prostitute has been defined as "a person who makes it a profession to gratify the lust of various persons of the opposite or the same sex". The above definitions are noted to have included both male and female prostitutes contrary to others such as the one in Stones Justices ' Manual that defines prostitution as "the offering for reward by a female of her body commonly.
Prostitution
Is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including "john". Prostitution is one of the branches of the sex industry. The legal status of prostitution varies from country to country, from being a punishable crime to a regulated profession. Estimates place the annual revenue generated from the global prostitution industry to be over $100 billion. Prostitution is sometimes referred to as "the world 's oldest profession".
Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms. Brothels are establishments specifically dedicated to prostitution. In escort prostitution, the act may take place at the customer 's residence or hotel room (referred to as out-call), or at the escort 's residence or in a hotel room rented for the occasion by the escort (called in-call). Another form is street prostitution. Sex tourism refers to travelling, typically from developed to under-developed nations, to engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. Sex trafficking, one type of human trafficking is defined as using coercion or force to transport an unwilling person into prostitution or other sexual exploitation.
Teenage prostitution
Teenage prostitutes or “children of the night” have become one of the leading epidemics in the nation. Many more teenagers than
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