sex trade
Bodies for sale
The sex trade is the commercial exchange of sexual services for money or other compensation.
It encompasses prostitution, escort services, and related activities where sex is the primary commodity.
The term often appears in discussions of human trafficking, where people are coerced or forced into sexual labor.
Authorities launched a crackdown on the local sex trade.
The phrase can be neutral or carry negative connotations depending on context and the speaker's stance on sex work.
- brothelCommercial sex establishment
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- oldest professionSex work, historically
- escort serviceHired accompaniment provider
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
legalization · escorting · coercion · human trafficking · exploitation · forced labor · survivor stories · gender dynamics · stigma · victim advocacy · labor rights · strip club · streetwalker · street corner · prohibition · red-light district · international treaties · vice
- exploitationexploit, predatory, take advantage, human trafficking, prey on
- human traffickinghuman trafficking, trafficking, traffickers, trafficking victims, victims
- prostitutionbrothel, brothels, bordello, bordellos, prostitutes
sex traderomantic love
Deep amorous attachment
emotional intimacy · lovemaking · true love · platonic love · making love
sex tradebodily autonomy
Control over one's physique
sexual freedom · self-determination · empowerment · sexual liberation · human dignity
sex trademarriage
Formal union between partners
matrimony · holy matrimony · wedlock · marital relations · domestic partnership