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1	[[quoteright:330:[[Manga/{{Trigun}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trigun_saloon_girls.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:330:If you got the money, Honey, [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead they]] got the time.]]
3	->''"Like all members of the oldest profession, I'm a capitalist."''
4	-->-- '''Miss Scarlett''', ''Film/{{Clue}}''
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6	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No, not "semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer".]]
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8	Prostitution and other forms of sex work: strippers, porn stars, dominatrixes, etc. This page is {{not safe for work}} in any way, shape or form, but is legal in UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} and most of the state of UsefulNotes/{{Nevada}}.
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11	!!Tropes:
12	[[index]]
13	* AsianHookerStereotype: a prostitute of East or Southeast Asian ethnicity.
14	* BalladOfASexWorker: a song about a woman in the sex industry.
15	* BandOfBrothels: a legal organization or union that oversees/regulates prostitution.
16	* ThisBedOfRoses: a prostitute gives someone a place to stay.
17	* CampFollower: prostitutes who follow and service soldiers during war.
18	* ChippendalesDancers: male strippers.
19	* CompensatedDating: dating older men for pay.
20	* DenOfIniquity: Often a brothel.
21	* DirtyHarriet: going undercover as a sex worker.
22	* DisposableSexWorker: prostitutes double as convenient murder victims.
23	* {{Dominatrix}}: a woman who dominates men for {{Fanservice}}.
24	* EliteManCourtesanRomance: a person of high rank falls in love with a sex worker.
25	* FallenOnHardTimesJob: a woman who suffers financial hardship may turn to sex work to stay afloat.
26	* FamilyFriendlyStripper: a stripper wears an elaborate and theoretically sexy costume that covers just about everything.
27	* FreestateAmsterdam: Characters go to Amsterdam for legal sex workers and drugs.
28	* HandyFeet: It's not uncommon for a [[AlwaysFemale female adult film star/prostitute]] to use her feet to please men instead of using her hands.
29	* HappyEndingMassage: a brothel called a massage parlor.
30	* HighClassCallGirl: She's not a prostitute, she's a ''courtesan.''
31	* HookersAndBlow: depraved drugs and sex.
32	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: a kind-hearted sex worker (usually a love interest).
33	* HumanTraffickers: People who sell humans, often times for sexual purposes.
34	* MissKitty: An older woman who runs a brothel.
35	* MistakenForProstitute: someone is mistaken for a prostitute.
36	* NeedAHandOrAHandjob: solicitation is mistaken for an offer of help.
37	* PimpDuds: Usually [[AlwaysMale male pimps]] displayed with flamboyant and sometimes bizarre fashion choices.
38	* PimpingTheOffspring: A parent pimps out their own child.
39	* PinkIsErotic: The color pink is used to indicate arousal, attraction, eroticism, and scenes of a sexual nature.
40	* PlatonicProstitution: a character consorts with a sex worker for non-sex-related purposes.
41	* PleasurePlanet: Some science fiction settings will have a RedLightDistrict in space.
42	* PornCreatorGoingMainstream: A performer or creator tries to transition to mainstream content from porn.
43	* PredatoryProstitute: An evil, cruel, and/or further criminal sex worker.
44	* ProfessionalSexEd: a prostitute is hired for someone's first time.
45	* PsychosexualHorror: A subgenre that explores psychosexual development as a subject matter, including themes of sexual development and sexual activities.
46	* RedLightDistrict: an area of a city known for sex work.
47	* SchoolOfSeduction: trade school for sex workers.
48	* SecretSexWorker: A character is LivingADoubleLife, hiding that they are a sex worker from those closest to them, typically out of fear of social rejection, condemnation, and/or being arrested for engaging in a criminalized profession.
49	* {{Sexbot}}: When the sex worker is a robot.
50	* SexForServices: a trade between sexual favors for non-sexual favors.
51	* SexSlave: a slave whose main service is sexual labor (not technically a prostitute, as prostitute is defined by being paid).
52	* SexTourism: a character goes on vacation primarily to have sex.
53	* ShadyLadyOfTheNight: a prostitute who's involved in other criminal activites, usually not on her own accord.
54	* SingleMomStripper: a single mother who moonlights as a sex worker of some kind.
55	* SonOfAWhore: a character whose mother is or was a prostitute.
56	* {{Streetwalker}}: a prostitute who walks the street in order to find clients.
57	* UnproblematicProstitution: being a whore is awesome!
58	* TheWickedStage: a {{forgotten trope}} where theater actresses = prostitutes.
59	[[/index]]

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