Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual relations in exchange for payment or some other benefit. Prostitution is sometimes described as commercial sex or hooking. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, and is a kind of sex worker. Prostitution is one of the branches of the sex industry: other branches include pornography, stripping, nude modeling, and erotic dancing. While there are no Unionwide laws on voluntary prostitution, some of the societies within it have laws or cultural norms that either regulate or prohibit some or all forms of prostitution. These laws can, range from being permissible but unregulated, to an enforced or unenforced crime, or a regulated profession.

Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms. Brothels are establishments specifically dedicated to prostitution. In escort prostitution, the act may take place at the client's residence or hotel room (referred to as out-call), or at the escort's residence or a hotel room rented for the occasion by the escort (in-call). Another form is street prostitution. Although the majority of prostitutes identify as female and have male clients, there are also gay male prostitutes, lesbian prostitutes, and heterosexual male prostitutes.

Some view prostitution as a form of exploitation of or violence against women and children, and helps to create a supply of victims for human trafficking. Some critics of prostitution as an institution are supporters of the Swedish model, which has also been adopted by Canada, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Norway and France.

The Sojonits is a society where the act of prostitution is a part of the worship to their god Sojo the Goddess.