This document outlines 25 types of prostitution categorized into direct and indirect forms. Direct forms involve explicit sexual services provided in various locations like streets, brothels, escort services, private residences, and vehicles. Indirect forms involve sexual services provided under the guise of other occupations like massage, dancing, and social companionship. The types of prostitution vary geographically and are widespread around the world, though some forms are more common in wealthier or developing areas.
This document outlines 25 types of prostitution categorized into direct and indirect forms. Direct forms involve explicit sexual services provided in various locations like streets, brothels, escort services, private residences, and vehicles. Indirect forms involve sexual services provided under the guise of other occupations like massage, dancing, and social companionship. The types of prostitution vary geographically and are widespread around the world, though some forms are more common in wealthier or developing areas.
This document outlines 25 types of prostitution categorized into direct and indirect forms. Direct forms involve explicit sexual services provided in various locations like streets, brothels, escort services, private residences, and vehicles. Indirect forms involve sexual services provided under the guise of other occupations like massage, dancing, and social companionship. The types of prostitution vary geographically and are widespread around the world, though some forms are more common in wealthier or developing areas.
This document outlines 25 types of prostitution categorized into direct and indirect forms. Direct forms involve explicit sexual services provided in various locations like streets, brothels, escort services, private residences, and vehicles. Indirect forms involve sexual services provided under the guise of other occupations like massage, dancing, and social companionship. The types of prostitution vary geographically and are widespread around the world, though some forms are more common in wealthier or developing areas.
NUMBER TYPES OF PROSTITUTION GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION
1. STREET: Clients solicited on the Widespread, particularly if alternative work street, park or other public places. sites are unavailable (United States, Europe, Serviced in side streets, vehicles, or United Kingdom, Australasia) and/or there short stay premises is socioeconomic breakdown (eastern Europe, parts of Africa, south and South East Asia, and Latin America) 2. BROTHEL: Premises explicitly Preferred where sex work is decriminalized dedicated to providing sex. Better or brothels are 'tolerated.' (Australia, New security than street. Often licensed Zealand, South East Asia, India, Europe, by authorities Latin America) 3. ESCORT: Client contacts sex worker Ubiquitous. In the United States escorts and by phone or via hotel staff. Most private workers contacted by phone and covert form of sex work. Relatively working from a 'call book' are known as 'call expensive because of low client girls' or 'call men'. turnover. Service provided at client’s home or hotel room 4. PRIVATE: Client contacts sex worker United Kingdom, Europe, United States, and by phone. Similar to escorts except Australia. Sometimes doorway (see below) services provided in sex worker’s and street sex workers bring clients home. premises. A variant in London and other big cities is 'flat' prostitution— high cost services in rented, serviced, inner city units 5. WINDOW OR D OORWAY: Window prostitution almost unique to Brothels with sex workers on public Amsterdam and Hamburg. Doorway display. Windows preferred in cold prostitution found in less affluent areas of climates, doorways in warmer places European cities and in African and other developing countries. 6. CLUB, PUB, BAR, KARAOKE BAR, Ubiquitous depending on types of male club DANCE HALL: Clients solicited in available. alcohol vending venues and serviced on site or elsewhere 7. OTHER ALL-MALE VENUES: Ubiquitous Clients solicited in all-male venues such as barbershops, bathhouses, saunas, and mining camps. Serviced on site or elsewhere 8. DOOR KNOCK OR HOTEL: Hotels worldwide and wherever large Unattached males are approached in numbers of unaccompanied males reside. their hotel rooms or boarding houses 9. TRANSPORT (SHIP, TRUCK, TRAIN ): Ubiquitous Sex workers may board vehicles to service the crew or passengers or pick up clients at stations and terminals 10. CB RADIO: Sex workers drive along United States highways using CB radio to exchange (jargon) messages with potential truck driver clients. Serviced at truck stops or parking areas 11. OTHER METHODS O F Ubiquitous, but internet and mobile phone SOLICITATION : Through various services are mostly confined to large cities media including notice board and in developed countries—particularly the newspaper advertisements, 'sex United Kingdom and Sweden where worker catalogues' with mobile legislation limits other forms of advertising phone numbers, the internet via virtual brothels, etc. Services are delivered mostly in brothels and other indoor venues INDIRECT FORMS OF PROSTITUTION 12. BONDAGE AND Apparently unique to wealthier countries DISCIPLINE: sexual fantasy through role play. May involve the inflicting of pain, but genital contact is not routine 13. LAP DANCING: A recent Predominantly wealthier countries—often takes place development involving in hotels and clubs erotic dancing at close quarters without sexual contact 14. MASSAGE Europe, South East Asia, and Australia PARLOR: Premises ostensibly dedicated to providing massage, but a range of sexual services may be provided. In South East Asia similar arrangements may apply in barbershops 15. TRAVELLING South East Asia ENTERTAINERS : Actors, dancers and others involved in entertainment may also provide sexual services 16. BEER GIRLS: Young Cambodia, Uganda, other developing countries. women hired by major companies to promote and sell products in bars and clubs. Sexual services sold to supplement income. 17. STREET VENDORS AND Widespread in developing countries. TRADERS: Ostensibly marketing rural produce or other goods but supplementing income with sexual services. 18. OPPORTUNISTIC : A person Ubiquitous approached in a social venue may occasionally choose to charge for sexual favours if the client appears wealthy enough 19. FEMME LIBRE: Women, Central Africa usually single or divorced, who exchange sexual services for gifts. The gifts are then converted to cash. 20. INDIVIDUAL Ubiquitous ARRANGEMENTS : The single mother who may have sex with her landlord in place of rent. Older sex workers who only deal with a small number of regular clients, by appointment. 'Kept' women or men. Concubines. The number of possible arrangements is vast. 21. SWINGERS CLUBS : Some Predominantly wealthier countries swingers or couples sex clubs employ (undisclosed) sex workers if there is a shortage of female guests. 22. GEISHA: Women engaged Japanese cities primarily to provide social company, but sex may ensue. 23. 'SEX FOR DRUGS': Women Crack houses are unique to the United States providing fellatio for crack cocaine in crack houses. Young homosexual men in Western countries may provide opportunistic sexual services paid with drugs.
24. BEACHBOYS, BUMSTERS Resorts, particularly in developing countries
AND GIGOLOS : Men and boys engaged by women ostensibly for social purposes but sex is often involved. Some beach boys are under aged and many also service male clients. 25. SURVIVAL SEX: A matter of Refugee camps anywhere degree, where starvation or other serious deprivation is imminent, particularly for dependants. Food or security may be the currency, rather than money.