English Dictionary

sexual marketplace

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 婉語 慣用表現

(uncountable) The way in which people's desirability as sexual or romantic partners is evaluated. / (idiomatic, euphemistic) Prostitution.

日本語の意味

性的または恋愛的なパートナーとしての魅力や価値が評価される仕組み・状況 / 婉曲的表現での売春

Many sociologists argue that the sexual marketplace has been reshaped by dating apps and shifting social norms.

多くの社会学者は、デートアプリや変化する社会規範によって、性的または恋愛上のパートナーとしての人々の魅力を評価する仕組みが再構築されたと主張している。

意味（1）

(uncountable) The way in which people's desirability as sexual or romantic partners is evaluated.

Central among the institutions she must encounter in her life is that of the sexual marketplace, where human beings are viewed as having a price, and not a dignity, and where the price of women is fixed in a particular way. Women, as things, as items in the sexual marketplace, have a market value that depends in part on whether they have been used. Virgins fetch a higher price than second hand goods.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Prostitution.

意味（3）

(countable) A location or situation in which people are looking for sexual or romantic partners.

sexual marketplaces （ plural ）