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Meaning of sex work | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography.

uncountable

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Examples

Many were initiated into sex work through friends who were already sex workers, but others took the initiative themselves.”
Social Control, Policing, and Sex Work I think it was the first, no second, time I got arrested.”
Sex work involves the exchange of sexual services, performances, or products for material compensation.”
“My mother distributes condoms and outreach materials to those that do sex work for a living in the Tenderloin and Mission.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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