Street Prostitution: Meaning, Safety, Consent, and Exploitation
Learn what street prostitution means, how street-based sex work differs from escorting and trafficking, and why consent, safety, and respectful language matter.
Massage Parlor: Meaning, Professional Boundaries, and Sexual Context
Learn what a massage parlor is, how it differs from a spa, brothel, or illicit massage business, and why consent and professional boundaries matter.
Brothel: Meaning, Sex Work, Consent, and Exploitation
Learn what a brothel is, how brothel-based sex work operates, and why consent, worker safety, regulation, and exploitation must be considered separately.
Sex Worker: Meaning, Occupations, Consent, Rights, and Safety
Learn what a sex worker is, which consensual adult services and performances the term may include, and how sex work differs from trafficking and exploitation.
Sex Work: Meaning, Consent, Labor, Rights, and Exploitation
Learn what sex work means, which adult services and performances it may include, and how it differs from exploitation, trafficking, and transactional sex.
Commercial Sex: Meaning, Consent, Sex Work, and Exploitation
Learn what commercial sex means and how it differs from sex work, transactional sex, prostitution, exploitation, and human trafficking.