forced prostitution
Coerced sex work
Forced prostitution is the coercion of a person into sex work through violence, threats, deception, or abuse of power.
It is a form of human trafficking and sexual exploitation recognized as a crime under international and domestic law.
Victims may be held through physical restraint, debt bondage, or psychological manipulation.
The investigation revealed a forced prostitution ring operating out of massage parlors.
- rapeOilseed brassica crop
- survivor supportHelp for trauma endurers
- sexual assaultForced sexual contact crime
- human traffickingCriminal trade in people
- victim protectionSafeguards for harmed individuals
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- domestic abusedomestic violence, battering, batterer, spousal abuse, wife beating
- bondageslavery, servitude, bondage, slaves, thrall
forced prostitutionsexual autonomy
Right to choose intimacy
bodily autonomy · self-empowerment · sexual freedom · sexual liberation · economic independence
forced prostitutionfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · emancipation · human dignity · bodily integrity · self-ownership
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