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Prostitution is the business or practice of providing to another person in return for The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute or and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms. Prostitution is one of the branches of the The varies from, from being permissible but unregulated, to a punishable crime or to a regulated profession. Estimates place the annual revenue generated from the global prostitution industry to be over $100 billion. Prostitution is sometimes referred to as "the world's oldest profession".
Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms. are establishments specifically dedicated to prostitution. In escort prostitution, the act may take place at the customer's residence or hotel room (referred to as out-call), or at the escort's residence or in a hotel room rented for the occasion by the escort (called in-call). Another form is street prostitution. refers to travelling, typically from developed to underdeveloped nations, to engage in sexual activity with prostitutes."Prostitute" is derived from the prostituta. Some sources cite the verb as a composition of "pro" meaning "up front" or "forward" and "situere", defined as "to offer up for sale". Another explanation is that "prostituta" is a composition of pro and statuere (to cause to stand, to station, place erect). A literal translation therefore is: "to put up front for sale" or "to place forward". The online Etymology Dictionary states, "The notion of 'sex for hire' is not inherent in the etymology, which rather suggests one 'exposed to lust' or sex 'indiscriminately offered. The word "prostitute" was then carried down through various languages to the present-day Western society. Most groups reject the word "prostitute" and since the late 1970s have used the term "sex worker" instead. However, a "sex worker" can also mean anyone who works within the sex industry or whose work is of a sexual nature and is not limited solely to prostitutes
A variety of terms are used for those who engage in prostitution, some of which distinguish between different types of prostitution or imply a value judgment about them. Common alternatives for prostitute include and whore; however, not all professional escorts are prostitutes.
The English word whore derives from the word hōra, from the kohoron (prostitute), which derives from the proto-Indo-European root kā meaning "desire", a root which has also given us the Latin caritas (love, charity) and the French cher (dear, expensive). Use of the word whore is widely considered especially in its modern slang form of ho'. In however, most prostitutes' organizations deliberately use the word Hure (whore) since they feel that prostitute is a bureaucratic term. Those seeking to remove the social stigma associated with prostitution often promote terminology such as commercial sex worker (C , or sex trade worker. Another commonly-used word for a prostitute is hooker. Although a popular etymology connects with a Union general in the the word more likely comes from the concentration of prostitutes around the shipyards and ferry terminal of the area of in the 1820s, who came to be referred to as A streetwalker solicits customers on the streets or in public places, while a makes appointments by phone.
Correctly or not, use of the word prostitute without specifying a sex may commonly be assumed to be female; compound terms such as or male escort are therefore often used to identify males. Those offering services to female customers are commonly known as gigolos; those offering services to male customers are hustlers or rent boys.
Organizers of prostitution may be known as (if male) and or (if female). More formally, one who is said to practice is a procurer, or procuress.
The clients of prostitutes are also known as johns or tricks in and punters in th. These slang terms are used among both prostitutes and law enforcement for persons who solicit