Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

personnes prostituées

English translation:

those/people forced into prostitution

Added to glossary by Frenglish
Mar 10, 2006 14:02
18 yrs ago
French term

personnes prostituées

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I've heard the term personnes prostituées several times recently. Does this mean people forced into prostitution i.e. by traffickers or is it just an alternative to un prostitué? Thanks
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 those/people forced into prostitution
4 +5 commercial sex workers
4 people brought into prostitution

Proposed translations

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those/people forced into prostitution

we might normally think of people forced into prostitution it seems to mean either
Les personnes prostituées étrangères : quels droits ?
Toute la difficulté réside dans l'accès au droit et la garantie effective des droits des personnes prostituées, en particulier étrangères, considérées comme des délinquantes de principe, qu'elles soient ou non victimes de proxénétisme et/ou de traite à cette fin.
www.gisti.org/formations/ sessions/prostitution/index.html - 19k
Perhaps in your specific context it's clearer but I suppose you could always say that people are 'forced' into prostitution, either by others or by circumstances, so those forced into prostitution would work in both cases

Peer comment(s):

agree Sylvia Smith
2 mins
thanks Sylvia
agree Alison Jenner
6 mins
thanks Alison
disagree Alexandre Berger (X) : you can either be brought up into prostituion because that's the way you were taught, or consciously choose prostitution, in either way you are not forced
6 mins
I would agree that a few people choose it, but the text words it in such a way as to understand the 'forced' sense. I should have been more careful in my wording :-)
agree Peter Shortall : Or maybe you could get away with "enforced prostitutes"
15 mins
thanks Peter
agree Cervin : You could be forced into prostitution by financial circumstances or fear, maybe
20 mins
Yes, exactly. Thanks Janet
agree IC --
3 hrs
thanks icg :-)
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people brought into prostitution

people selling what should be sold in general, not only women, and not only sexual "goods".
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1 hr

commercial sex workers

It just means people who prostitute themselves.

See Médecins du monde article: http://www.medecinsdumonde.org/terrain/thematiques/thema_pro...

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-10 15:23:40 GMT)
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The term is considered more PC and inclusive than "prostituée".

http://www.mouvementdunid.org/Qui-sont-les-personnes-prostit...

Si les personnes prostituées restent majoritairement des femmes - taxées au long des siècles d’innombrables qualificatifs méprisants -, elles comptent aujourd’hui de plus en plus d’hommes, et aussi d’enfants et d’adolescents.
Le terme "personne prostituée" les désigne tous. Nous tenons à l’utiliser ainsi, pour signifier qu’il s’agit avant tout de personnes.

Peer comment(s):

agree Bailatjones : this was my understanding as well, a PC term that isn't gender exclusive
51 mins
thanks Michelle :-)
agree sporran
1 hr
thanks Eileen :-)
agree IC -- : As the context given can be quite vague, I thus agree with possibilities...
2 hrs
thanks icg - but if you agree with Suezen, then you can't agree with me because I don't agree with her!
agree Giulia Barontini
10 hrs
thanks Giulia :-)
agree Gina W
6 days
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