Meaning of scarlet-collar | Babel Free

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Of or pertaining to female entrepreneurs in the Internet sex industry.

not-comparable

Examples

“1995, Nadine Strossen, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight⟳ for Women's Rights, Scribner (1995), p. 190, Given the relatively high pay⟳, many 'scarlet collar workers' make⟳ an economically rational choice to enter⟳ the sex industry rather than to pursue⟳ more socially acceptable, but less remunerative, work⟳.”

“2000 August 13, Now, cybersex industry, in The Tribune, Chandigarh, India, The Tribune House (2000), editorial page, The new 'Scarlet collar' worker is typically a 25 to 35-year-old former prostitute or lap dancer with young children and a desire to better her income while working from home.”

“'Scarlet collar' workers are the feminists of the modern age, say⟳ psychologists, free from coercion and the dangers of the traditional, male dominated business.”

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