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Fri 2 Mar, 2012 08:33 pm
It seems to mean "sex industry".
Context:
Hundreds of medical students 'use sex to pay bills' following glamorous portrayal of
industry in TV showOne in ten trainee doctors know someone selling their body because of tuition fees
'Prostitution boom coincides with rising tuition fees'
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107989/Hundreds-medical-students-use-sex-pay-bills-following-glamorous-portrayals-industry-TV-show.html
@oristarA,
It indeed seems to mean sex industry. I would have said "
the industry. . . ."
"the industry" = prostitution, adult entertainment (girls dancing at bars), porn movies, escort services.