Prostitution

Prostitution refers to the practice of exchanging sex and related activities for various forms of compensation. Prevalent before the Great War, the practice has proliferated across the wasteland in the wake of the nuclear holocaust, as a result of social collapse.

Overview
Prostitution is a form of sex work, where parties trade sexual activity or activities for compensation, monetary or otherwise. It occurs in many ways and forms, including street prostitution, escort services, and brothels, and is performed by humans of all sexes and sexual orientations. As with all forms of economic activity, commercial sex is prone to exploitation, perhaps even more so to the general prejudice against prostitutes and their low socioeconomic status. As such, prostitutes are routinely found working for bar owners and other procurers (pimps, typically male ), who secure lodgings, provide protection, and shield them from any local laws against the practice. In return, prostitutes pay them them with a percentage of their income.

As the weaker side, prostitutes are frequently subjected to abuse in various forms. These can take many forms, including verbal abuse, being forced to take drugs to create a dependency, physical violence, and in certain cases, even death at the hands of a wealthy client. As such, exiting a life of prostitution can be difficult, especially with abusive procurers.

Attitudes
Like other sex work, prostitution is frequently regulated in a variety of ways:
 * Frontier towns, like Junktown, may have mayors who formally ban prostitution, but are unable to effect that ban due to interference from local procurers (Gizmo in Junktown's case).
 * Common municipal laws of the New California Republic ban the practice entirely.
 * New Reno has no regulations covering prostitution, as it provides the ruling family with a stable source of income from sex tourists visiting the city from all over the wasteland. Even after joining the Republic, New Reno negotiated many exemptions to protect this lucrative source of income.
 * Similarly, none of the settlements in the New Vegas metropolitan area have laws against prostitution. None have laws to protect sex workers either, and as a result, the Omertas of Gomorrah routinely enslave women and men using drugs, forcing them to prostitute themselves to pay for their addiction. Other procurers are less abusive, with Casa Madrid Apartments' Pretty Sarah a textbook example of a classic. James Garret of the Atomic Wrangler is perhaps the most equitable, as prostitutes are contracted, can turn down clients, and provided with adequate compensation.

Appearances
Prostitutes appear in almost every game in the series.

Fallout

 * Sinthia works at the Crash House in Junktown, under Gizmo's control.
 * Maltese Falcon hooker is another example of a sex worker, controlled by Decker.

Fallout 2

 * Several brothels and prostitutes appear in the game, including:
 * Bathhouse in Klamath, with Jenny and Bath attendants.
 * The Hole in the Den, owned by Frankie.
 * Malamute Saloon in Redding, with Fannie Mae.
 * Cat's Paw brothel in New Reno, run by Miss Kitty. Cat's Paw girls are escorts and are treated far better than New Reno prostitutes working for the families in the streets.

Fallout 3

 * Nova, works at Moriarty's saloon in Megaton.
 * Trinnie, solicits clients The Muddy Rudder in Rivet City.
 * Susan Lancaster at Tenpenny Tower, works for other residents.
 * Brianna at Meresti Station, works exclusively with other members of The Family.
 * Evergreen Mills Bazaar contains a brothel ran by Madame.
 * Cherry and Fantasia at Dukov's Place, serving Dukov in exchange for modest protection and drugs.
 * The following characters are forced into prostitution by various circumstances
 * Crimson and Clover at Paradise Falls, women who were forced into sexual slavery by Eulogy Jones. His abuse effectively brainwashed them.
 * Former prostitutes
 * Silver, a former sex worker who fled Megaton and work for Colin Moriarty.
 * Destiny Chao, one-time procurer of the Blue Destiny Brothel.

Fallout: New Vegas

 * Gomorrah: Joana, Dazzle, and anonymous hookers and other prostitutes.
 * Casa Madrid Apartments: Jimmy, Maude, and Sweetie, working for Pretty Sarah.
 * Atomic Wrangler: James Garret does not employ any sex workers at first, but the Courier can hire four of them during the Wang Dang Atomic Tango quest: Beatrix Russell,  Santiago,  Old Ben, and Fisto.

Other games
Characters listed in this section appear in games that are not part of the main continuity, due to creative decisions or the game failing to release==
 * Fallout Tactics
 * Prostitutes appear in several locations, most notably Quincy (including ghouls and a super mutant) and Great Bend.
 * Gloria Timmons is the latter, a veteran of the trade.
 * Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
 * Ruby, a sex worker from Carbon.
 * Van Buren
 * Marianne, exploited by Anson.
 * Mary-Jo, a trog in Hoover Dam.
 * Jericho prostitutes