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'''Prostitution''' is the act of self [[sex]].
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'''Prostitution''' is the act of selling [[sex]].
  
 
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==[[etymology|Etymology]] and use of the word==

Revision as of 22:11, 3 May 2006

Prostitution is the act of selling sex.

Etymology and use of the word

The term "prostitution" comes from Latin prostituere which literally means to expose something for selling. The word can be used figuratively to refer to "selling oneself" (wage slavery).