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    Challenges→The prostitute's work differs from that of other low-status workers.

    Carole Pateman's own framework, while defending the distinction, acknowledges that all employment contracts involve submission of the person, which weakens the sharp boundary she draws.

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    Carole Pateman(as the main thinker being discussed)
    A political philosopher who wrote influential work about social contracts and how power works in relationships, especially between employers and employees.
    Employment contract(as an example of a legal agreement)
    An agreement between a worker and employer where the worker agrees to do certain tasks in exchange for payment.
    Sharp boundary(philosophy of language and logic)
    A clear, exact dividing line with no gray area—like saying 'this side is old, that side is not old' with nothing in between.
    Submission of the person(as used in contract theory)
    When someone gives up control over themselves or their will to another person, like agreeing to follow an employer's orders.
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    A structured system of rules or language that must be in place for rational discourse to be possible.
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    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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