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sex worker
A sex worker is a person who works in the sex industry.〔Oxford English Dictionary, "sex worker"〕〔Oxford English Dictionary, "sex industry"〕 The term is used in reference to all those in all areas of the sex industry including those who provide direct sexual services as well as the staff of such industries. Some sex workers are paid to engage in sexually explicit behavior which involve varying degrees of physical contact with clients (prostitutes, escorts, some but not all professional dominants); pornography models and actors engage in sexually explicit behavior which are filmed or photographed. Phone sex operators have sexually-oriented conversations with clients, and do auditive sexual roleplay. Other sex workers are paid to engage in live sexual performance, such as web cam sex〔Weitzer, Ronald. 2000. ''Sex For Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Industry'' (New York: Routledge Press)〕 and performers in live sex shows. Some sex workers perform erotic dances and other acts for an audience (striptease, Go-Go dancing, lap dancing, Neo-burlesque, and peep shows). Sexual surrogates often engage in sexual activity as part of therapy with their clients.
Thus, although the term sex worker is sometimes viewed as a synonym or euphemism for ''prostitute'', it is more general. Some people use the term to avoid invoking the stigma associated with the word ''prostitute''.〔Lumby, Catherine. "(Sex is not dirty work )". ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. June 10, 2012〕
==Etymology==
The term "sex worker" was coined in 1978 by sex worker activist Carol Leigh. Its use became popularized after publication of the anthology, ''Sex Work: Writings By Women In The Sex Industry'' in 1987, edited by Frédérique Delacoste and Priscilla Alexander.〔''Sex work: writings by women in the sex industry'' edited by Frédérique Delacoste & Priscilla Alexander, Cleis Press, 1991 (2nd ed). ISBN 0-939416-11-5.〕〔("The Etymology of the terms 'Sex Work' and 'Sex Worker'" ), ''BAYSWAN.org''. Accessed 2009-09-11.〕〔''Whores and other feminists'', edited by Jill Nagle, Routledge, 1997. ISBN 0-415-91822-7.〕 The term "sex worker" has since spread into much wider use, including in academic publications, by NGOs and labor unions, and by governmental and intergovernmental agencies, such as the World Health Organization.〔("Violence Against Sex Workers and HIV Prevention" report ) published by the World Health Organization〕 The term is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary〔 and Merriam-Webster's Dictionary.〔Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "(sex worker )"〕
The term is strongly opposed, however, by many who are morally opposed to the sex industry, such as social conservatives, anti-prostitution feminists, and other prohibitionists. Such groups view prostitution variously as a crime or as victimization, and see the term "sex work" as legitimizing criminal activity or exploitation as a type of labor.〔("Prostitution, trafficking, and cultural amnesia: What we must not know in order to keep the business of sexual exploitation running smoothly" ) by Melissa Farley, ''Yale Journal of Law and Feminism'' 18(1):109–144, Spring 2006. "Some words hide the truth. Just as torture can be named enhanced interrogation, and logging of old-growth forests is named the Healthy Forest Initiative, words that lie about prostitution leave people confused about the nature of prostitution and trafficking. The words ‘sex work’ make the harms of prostitution invisible."〕
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