"Commercial sex workers" refers to those who engage in prostitution, and have been used in the literature on the
subject over a period of time. The term has been adopted, which is free of the complex, derogatory and sexist connotations,
which are often linked with the concept of a "slut". Sex work includes a wide variety of activities, including the exchange of
foreign currency (or an equivalent) for the purchase of sex, and sexual services. Sex work has been attributed to several
psychiatric issues, including physical violence as a child, sexual assault as a child, adult domestic discrimination, substance
abuse, trauma etc.
