History Main / UnproblematicProstitution

** Averted rather nastily in the first episode of Season 2.

* TheOldestProfession may be older even than humanity, as it appears to emerge in the presence of money. An article in ''WebOriginal/{{Cracked}}'' ([[http://www.cracked.com/article_19388_6-things-you-wont-believe-animals-do-just-like-us_p2.html 6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us]]) describes several experiments in which researchers introduced money to communities of monkeys. In one, a female monkey ended up trading sex for money so she could buy some grapes.

* ''GameOfThrones'': Even when a hooker leaves town to seek success in the big city, she sticks to being a hooker. Her pimp is actually depicted as one of the more sympathetic characters [[spoiler: and when the facade breaks it is because of his ChronicBackStabbingDisorder, not his establishment]]. Oh, and apparently hookers here genuinely like having sex with each other on demand.

* In ''Film/{{Mamoth}}'' Selling sex and "girlfriend experience" to silly white guys comes across as emotionally stressful or maybe even draining... But it still comes across as far less awful than the alternatives presented. Try being a night-shift doctor, not getting enough sleep and spending your nights watching children die without being able to save them. Or try being a nanny, hearing on the phone how your own children's lives are spiraling into hell while you are busy taking care of another woman's child... a rich woman who is jealous of you, frightened that her daughter may love you more than she loves her.

* ''{{Dollhouse}}'' either something-verts this or it encompasses most versions with how their whores don't mind it at the time and don't remember it later. They are very well-paid in flat-rate service, their pimp tends to protect them, they have no opinions of their own at the time, and it's personal opinion on how STD screenings are part of the client acceptance process.

* ''{{Firefly}}'': The Companions Guild, whose members are at least ostensibly part of the Alliance's upper class, can wield a fair amount of influence with their favored clients. Notably, one such Companion, Inara, is considered to be one of two members of ''[[CoolStarship Serenity's]]'' passengers and crew who ''aren't'' considered to be outlaws. The other one is a priest. That being said, there are a few points where Inara's lifestyle causes friction, and she is outright called a "whore" by one of her clients when he loses his temper.

* In the hentai comedy manga ''SpunkyKnight'', the exceptionally lusty female protagonist is a part time adventurer for hire, part time prostitute. She only prefers adventuring because the brothel customers aren't as exciting as those she ecounters on missions.

* In ''[[{{VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura}} Arcanum: Of Steamwork And Magick Obscura]]'', you can convince a maid to give up her terrible job for a glamorous career as a brothel prostitute. You can visit her later at the brothel, where she is ecstatic about her new job and even gives you a freebie as thanks. One has to wonder exactly what her old job required of her...

* In ''[[{{VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura}} Arcanum: Of Steamwork And Magick Obscura]]'', you can convince a maid to give up her terrible job for a glamorous career as a brothel prostitute. You can visit her later at the brothel, where she is extatic about her new job and even gives you a freebie as thanks. One has to wonder exactly what her old job required of her...

See [[Analysis/UnproblematicProstitution the analysis tab]] regarding it being a trope when sex work is portrayed as unproblematic while it's PeopleSitOnChairs when other professions are handled the same way.

* ''TheAmerican'', where the main character starts dating a woman that he's been buying sex from and after barely interacting with her apart from that. There doesn't even seem to be any problem with the line between work and personal relationships here.

* ''Film/DeconstructingHarry'' has Cookie Williams, a hired professional who seems at peace with her choice ("beats waitressing")
and overall well adjusted.

* Used reasonably straight in MercedesLackey's ''Bardic Voices'' by "Amber's," a house of HighClassCallGirls where Rune spends some time working as a musician. None of the girls mind what they do, and Amber, the madam of the establishment, is a kind and lovely woman who looks out for all of her employees like a mother. (The books do at least acknowledge that places like Amber's are not the norm.)

* Used reasonably straight in MercedesLackey's ''Bardic Voices''.

Sometimes TruthInTelevision in regard to #1, #2 and #5, since the girls would try to avoid at all costs people who look dangerous, violent, gross, visibly drunk or drugged, and respond to people who look nice, for their own safety.

Sometimes TruthInTelevision in regard to #1 and #4, since the girls would try to avoid at all costs people who look dangerous, violent, gross, visibly drunk or drugged, for their own safety.

* In ''{{Arcanum: Of Steamwork And Magick Obscura}}'', you can convince a maid to give up her terrible job for a glamorous career as a brothel prostitute. You can visit her later at the brothel, where she is extatic about her new job and even gives you a freebie as thanks. One has to wonder exactly what her old job required of her...

* The ''SlaveMaker'' flash game depicts this completely straight. Very rarely are prostitutes unhappy about their profession.

* ''{{Firefly}}'': Played straight by The Companions Guild, whose members are at least ostensibly part of the Alliance's upper class, and who can wield a fair amount of influence with their favored clients. Notably, one such Companion, Inara, is considered to be one of two members of ''[[CoolStarship Serenity's]]'' passengers and crew who ''aren't'' considered to be outlaws. The other one is a priest.

* Spider Robinson's '[[CallahansCrossTimeSaloon Lady Callahan]]' (''Callahan's Lady''/''Lady Slings the Booze'') books. She runs a "house of healthy repute" where both the staff and the clients have a good time.

* ''{{Dollhouse}} either something-verts this or it encompasses most versions with how their whores don't mind it at the time and don't remember it later. They are very well-paid in flat-rate service, their pimp tends to protect them, they have no opinions of their own at the time, and it's personal opinion on how STD screenings are part of the client acceptance process.