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survival sex

survival sex noun: prostitution of oneself in order to acquire funds for food, shelter or drugs.

Noun

survival sex (uncountable)

  1. Prostitution of oneself in order to acquire funds for food, shelter or drugs.
    • Many programs have clients who engage in prostitution or "survival sex" to support their drug use.1994, Anna Marsh, Combining Substance Abuse Treatment With Intermediate Sancations for Adults in the Criminal
    • Need for structural response to build capacity and livelihoods, to prevent survival sex and exploitative power relations.2005, Stuart Gillespie, Suneetha Kadiyala, HIV/AIDS, And Food And Nutrition Security

Questions about survival sex

What does survival sex mean?
Survival sex means prostitution of oneself in order to acquire funds for food, shelter or drugs.
What part of speech is survival sex?
Survival sex is a noun.

Words near survival sex in the dictionary

  1. survival knives
  2. survival mode
  3. survival of the fittest
  4. survival rifle
  5. survival rifles
  6. survival sex
  7. survival statute
  8. survival statutes
  9. survival suit
  10. survival suits
  11. survival time

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