History Main / Streetwalker

* Briefly depicted in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' in "The Ultimate Thrill" and subsequently in the flashback scenes from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. [[FanNickname Freckles and Blondie]] don't have a single line, but [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar it's not hard to guess their occupation]] from the way they're dressed.
* Also referenced in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' in "Brave New Metropolis" in which Lois Lane travels to a wretched alternate version of Metropolis in which Superman has joined forces with Lex Luthor. Seeing her a bit ''too'' nicely dressed for the run-down crime-riddled part of town where she's landed, some passing motorist yells "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Go stand on some other corner]], you tart!"

* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', streetwalkers (identified as Harlots) can be found throughout [[WretchedHive the Hive]]. The Nameless One is free to pick one up fr a fade to black, or alternatively insult her, at which point she'll respond with a volley of insults. Morte's [[IShallTauntYou Litany Of Curses]] ability will be improved if he hears this.

The lowest in the food chain of the sex industry are the hardened sex workers who cling to their job for one reason or another.

These are women, usually addicted to some form of [[HookersAndBlow illegal drugs]], who stand around on street corners in run-down areas. Their HollywoodDressCode (usually much nicer than what actual sex workers wear) includes tiny skirts, six-inch plastic heels, [[PrettyInMink rabbit fur jackets]] or [[ItsFakeFurItsFine fake fur jackets]], a gallon of makeup, and crop tops, [[ExposedToTheElements even if it's freezing outside.]]

Among the various forms that prostitution can take, streetwalking is easily among the most dangerous -- streetwalkers are at serious risk of being assaulted (physically or sexually), mugged, or outright [[DisposableSexWorker murdered]], and in countries where they operate outside the law (and even some where it's legal), good luck finding police who care. Heck, usually [[DirtyCop it's the]] [[PoliceBrutality police themselves]] that present the biggest threat to her.

Particularly likely to be the DisposableSexWorker. Also very common setups for a DirtyHarriet scenario.

Contrast HighClassCallGirl. Women in the higher echelons of the sex trade may look at a street prostitute with pity (glad not to be in her shoes) or fear (of ending up where she is once their beauty starts to fade).

* More often than not, when someone is arrested for prostitution, it's this kind. Adding to this, there's a few places (like one [[http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/03/sex_for_sale_do_highclass_pros.html here]]) that take advantage of this trope, as, it allows escorts (not quite [[HighClassCallGirl high class call girls]] but considered as such in comparison) to operate their business, because, other than LoopholeAbuse, police are more likely to go after streetwalkers, which are more obvious, than the ones that operate their business behind closed doors (or on the web).

Among the various forms that prostitution can take, streetwalking is easily among the most dangerous -- streetwalkers are at serious risk of being assaulted (physically or sexually), mugged, or outright [[DisposableSexWorker murdered]], and in countries where they operate outside the law (and even some where it's legal), good luck finding police who care. Heck, sometimes [[DirtyCop it's the]] [[PoliceBrutality police themselves]] that present the biggest threat to her.

These are women, usually addicted to some form of [[HookersAndBlow illegal drugs]], who stand around on street corners in run-down areas. Their HollywoodDressCode (usually much nicer than what actual crackwhores wear) includes tiny skirts, six-inch plastic heels, [[PrettyInMink rabbit fur jackets]] or [[ItsFakeFurItsFine fake fur jackets]], a gallon of makeup, and crop tops, [[ExposedToTheElements even if it's freezing outside.]]

* The protagonist of the {{Hentai}} ''Cage'' resorts to this after her disappeared boyfriend maxed out her credit cards, and emptied her bank account. She then meets a man who promised to help her financial situation if she worked for him, in his brothel, [[SexSlave where he had no intention of letting her go.]]

Among the various forms that prostitution can take, streetwalking is easily among the most dangerous -- streetwalkers are at serious risk of being assaulted (physically or sexually), mugged, or outright [[DisposableSexWorker murdered]], and in countries where they operate outside the law (and even some where it's legal), good luck finding police who care. Heck, sometimes it's [[DirtyCop it's the police themselves]] that present the biggest threat to her.

* More often than not, when someone is arrested for prostitution, it's this kind. Adding to this, there's a few places (like one [[http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/03/sex_for_sale_do_highclass_pros.html here]])that take advantage of this trope, as, it allows escorts (not quite [[HighClassCallGirl high class call girls]] but considered as such in comparison) to operate their business, because, other than LoopholeAbuse, police are more likely to go after streetwalkers, which are more obvious, than the ones that operate their business behind closed doors (or on the web).

* More often than not, when someone is arrested for prostitution, it's this kind. Adding to this, there's a few places (like one [[http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2008/03/sex_for_sale_do_highclass_pros.html here]])that take advantage of this trope, as, it allows escorts (not quite HighClassCallGirl|s but considered as such in comparisons) to operate their business, because, other than Loophole Abuse, police are more likely to go after streetwalkers, which are more obvious, than the ones that operate their business behind closed doors.

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* [[spoiler: Huo Long]]'s backstory in ''Manga/HaouAiren''.

Among the various forms that prostitution can take, streetwalking is easily among the most dangerous -- streetwalkers are at serious risk of being assaulted (physically or sexually), mugged, or outright [[DisposableSexWorker murdered]], and in countries where they operate outside the law (and even some where it's legal), good luck finding police who care.

* While ''"Batteries"'' makes it clear that Ryuuko was a prostitute (and a stripper), it's unclear if she was this type, though, it's implied this to be likely she was (or close to it), given her living in a RedLightDistrict ("shitass parts of Tokyo"), financial situation, and it's not said how/where she meets her "dates". When she becomes pregnant (again) and is further along, she has to quit and takes up "honest" work at a laundromat (which doesn't pay well).

* While ''"Batteries"'' makes it clear that Ryuuko was a prostitute (and a stripper), it's unclear if she was this type, though, it's implied this to be likely, given her living arrangements in a RedLightDistrict ("shitass parts of Tokyo"), financial situation, and it's not said how/where she meets her "dates". When she becomes pregnant (again) and is further along, she has to quit and takes up "honest" work at a laundromat (which doesn't pay well).

* While ''"Batteries"'' makes it clear that Ryuuko was a prostitute (and a stripper), it's unclear if she was this type, though, it's implied she was likely this, given her living arrangements in a RedLightDistrict ("shitass parts of Tokyo), financial situation, and it's not said how/where she meets her "dates". When she becomes pregnant (again) and is further along, she has to quit and takes up "honest" work at a laundromat (which doesn't pay well).

* While ''"Batteries"'' makes it clear that Ryuuko was a prostitute (and a stripper), it's unclear if she was this type, though, it's implied this to likely to be the case, given her living arrangements in a RedLightDistrict ("shitass parts of Tokyo),financial situation, and the fact that's not said how/where she meets her "dates". When she becomes pregnant (again) and is further along, she has to quit and takes up "honest" work at a laundromat (which doesn't pay well).
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* The protagonist of the {{Hentai}} ''Cage'' resorts to this after her dissapeared boyfriend maxed out her credit cards, and emptied her bank account. She then meets a man who promissed to help her financial situation if she worked for him, in his brothel, [[SexSlave where he had no intention of letting her go.]]

* Greek history makes this OlderThanFeudalism: A famous sandal with markings on its sole that would leave prints reading "''ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙ''" ("akolouthei," i.e., "follow me") was found in Athens, probably dating from the classical period (c. 4th century BCE). It appears that the streetwalkers were not the lowest rank of prostitutes in Classical Athens; as free and independent businesswomen, they seem to have been the middle of the scale, between the slave prostitutes of the public brothels established by Solon and the higher-class ''hetairai'' (courtesans, generally expected to be intellectually and artistically talented as well as hot). And as the shoe shows, some could even attract the kind of relatively-well-off clientele who could read, suggesting that a streetwalker might be able to work her way up into ''hetaira'' status in some cases.

* In ''[[Literature/ElementalMasters Reserved for the Cat]]'', the heroine Ninette has been trained in ballet for a future career as a HighClassCallGirl, but when her circumstances take a turn, she braces herself to become one of these. Fortunately, her cat rescues her.