Scarlet-collar
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of or pertaining to female entrepreneurs in the Internet sex industry. not-comparable
"1995, Nadine Strossen, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women's Rights, Scribner (1995), p. 190, Given the relatively high pay, many 'scarlet collar workers' make an economically rational choice to enter the sex industry rather than to pursue more socially acceptable, but less remunerative, work."
Example
More examples"1995, Nadine Strossen, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex and the Fight for Women's Rights, Scribner (1995), p. 190, Given the relatively high pay, many 'scarlet collar workers' make an economically rational choice to enter the sex industry rather than to pursue more socially acceptable, but less remunerative, work."
Etymology
From the color traditionally associated with adultery, combined with the word collar in imitation of similar constructs such as blue-collar and white-collar.
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