prostitute
Let an agent explain the concept neutrally, relay history, terminology debates, legal models and health and safety issues from public health, legal and human rights sources with attribution, describe the named historical forms, route anyone at risk of trafficking or exploitation to hotlines and support services, and never facilitate the purchase or arrangement of sexual services.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand The concept and terms.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What does the term mean, and why do some prefer sex worker and others prostituted person, with positions attributed? definition
- Is someone at risk of trafficking, violence or exploitation, in which case route to emergency services, anti-trafficking hotlines and support organisations first? boundary
History
Named historical forms.
History
History.
- What were karayuki-san and panpan girls, and what is sanky-panky, described historically and neutrally? definition
- Which entry fits the specific history? action
Law Legal models.
Models
Legal models.
Models
Models.
- How do criminalisation, the Nordic model, regulation and decriminalisation differ, and what evidence do supporters and critics cite? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Trafficking
Trafficking law.
Trafficking
Trafficking.
- How does international law define trafficking, and how is it distinguished from consensual adult sex work? provenance
- Which entry fits human trafficking? action
Health Health and safety.
Health
Public health.
Health
Health.
- What do WHO and UNAIDS recommend on health and HIV prevention for sex workers? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Violence
Violence and support.
Violence
Violence.
- What risks of violence are reported, and what support services exist? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and society.
Society
Social history.
Society
Society.
- How have societies regulated and stigmatised prostitution historically? provenance
- Which entry fits history of prostitution? action
War
Wartime exploitation.
War
War.
- How do historians document wartime sexual exploitation, including the comfort women system and postwar occupation, with sources attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits comfort women? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- male prostitute, female prostitute, sanky-panky, karayuki-san, KoreKorea, panpan girl, Gaṇikā, Manjokjo, Bacchus ladies, Class V supplies, Cocotte, Lorette
What it is Filled
A person who engages in sexual activity in exchange for payment, a term many advocates and organisations replace with sex worker while others retain prostitute or prostituted person to emphasise exploitation, with historical and regional forms the registry aliases name, such as karayuki-san, Japanese women and girls trafficked or migrating to work in brothels across Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, panpan girls in occupied postwar Japan, and sanky-panky, male hustlers in Caribbean tourist areas; legal approaches range from criminalisation to the Nordic model to regulation and decriminalisation, and trafficking and exploitation are serious crimes. The model is non-judgemental, non-facilitating and routes people at risk to support.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the concept neutrally, relay history, terminology debates, legal models and health and safety issues from public health, legal and human rights sources with attribution, describe the named historical forms, route anyone at risk of trafficking or exploitation to hotlines and support services, and never facilitate the purchase or arrangement of sexual services.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Contested terminology
- Varied legal regimes
- Health and safety risks
- Linked to trafficking debates
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Facilitate buying sex, arranging meetings or advertising sexual services.
- Assist trafficking, coercion or exploitation of any person.
- Identify, expose or share images of people believed to sell sex.
- Use stigmatising or moralising language about people who sell sex.
Only with a human decision
- Reporting a suspected case of trafficking or exploitation involving identifiable people.
May
- Explain the terms used for people who sell sex and the debates behind them, with attribution.
- Describe legal approaches across jurisdictions and point to support and exit services.
Moral aspects Filled
- People who sell sex face violence, exploitation and stigma; their safety and dignity come first.
- Debates on terminology and law are contested and must be presented fairly.
Who is affected
- People who sell sex
- Victims of trafficking
- Their families
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a person; the state answers for laws and for protection from exploitation.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q852857 - registry parent class
related
- sex worker - in registry terms
- prostitution law
- human trafficking
- Palermo Protocol - for trafficking
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.prostitute
- Wikidata: Q14915751 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14915751)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Nordic model: Sweden 1999 year - criminalises buying, not selling
- decriminalisation: New Zealand 2003 year - Prostitution Reform Act
- Palermo Protocol: 2000 year - UN trafficking protocol
- registry parent: sex worker note
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Person selling sexual services
- Male prostitute, female prostitute, karayuki-san, panpan girl, sanky-panky
- Sex work is the broader contested term; trafficking victims are coerced; other adult industry work may be legal and distinct
- Not a visible object; a person.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain terminology with attribution
- relay legal models and debates neutrally
- describe named historical forms
- route to support and anti-trafficking services
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Facilitating purchase or exploitation
- Stigmatising or moralising language
- Partisan framing of legal models
- The registry alias KoreKorea is unclear and unverified
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National prostitution laws across criminalisation, Nordic, regulation and decriminalisation models
- UN Palermo Protocol on trafficking
- Public health guidance such as WHO and UNAIDS
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a social and legal category of person.
- female, male and transgender sex workers
- street and indoor work
- historical forms such as karayuki-san and panpan
- tourism-related sex work such as sanky-panky
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q14915751: prostitute - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Prostitute - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should karayuki-san and panpan be separate entries?
- How should terminology debates be represented across sources?
- The registry alias KoreKorea could not be identified and should be reviewed
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q14915751/spec.json