Top Ten Prostitutes, Callgirls/-boys and Escorts from Movies, Series or Video Games
Prostitution, in its most basic definition, means offering your body in exchange for money.In the USA, prostitution is illegal and often frowned upon.
In Austria and Germany, prostitution is perfectly legal for a person of at least 18 years of age (in both countries age of consent is 14, but it is only legal for a person over the age of 21 to have sex with them if they don't exploit the situation by offering gifts, opportunities, or in this case money, which includes prostitution), in Switzerland of 16 years. While it may not be the most desirable occupation, and some media such as the hip hop music genre continues depicting it in a bad light, prostitution is a part of society, and for example in Austria, you can find advertisements for prostitutes in several regular newspapers. What is absolutely illegal in any way is procuring. But since prostitution is legal there is no need for pimps or madames anyway.
Movies and other similar media have depicted prostitutes in several different ways. The most common stereotype is that being a prostitute is an undesirable job in which (typically) a woman's need for money or drugs is exploited, but there are also several examples of films with a consensual tone from the prostitute's side, or even movies where female prostitutes are depicted as dominant and even somewhat feminist, using their sex appeal to take advantage of men. Media have a greater interest in female prostitutes, but there are also several male prostitutes, though they are not as prominently present.
What I like about Irma is that she likes what she is doing and never falls into stereotypes. She is so desired that she can make a good living out of that, she only suffered from her pimp, until the Jack Lemmon character knocked him out and protected her. Irma has a cheeful personality and a positive life, despite her profession - and it's merely a profession to her.
Shirley MacLane did an amazing job.
Rosario Dawson at her finest
Jodie Foster's best performance
The quintessential hooker with a heart of gold
Nicole Kidman deserves an Oscar for this performance
It's inspiring watching her struggle against poverty
It's heavy watching her downward spiral
You feel bad for her struggle
It's badass the way she struggles against both the biased police system and the murdering criminals