juliette_
03-21-2016, 07:11 PM
I consider myself a sex worker. I've stripped, done video fetish work, and one-off fetish sessions. I read this definition today:
"The industry includes 'all of those legal and illegal adult businesses that sell sexual products, sexual services, sexual fantasies, and actual sexual contact for profit in the commercial marketplace.*'"
Kate Hausbeck et al., "Sex Industry and Sex Workers in Nevada," in Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State, ed. Kate Hasubeck, Barbara Brents, and Crystal Jackson (University of Nevada at Las Vegas: CDC Publications 2006), http://cdclv.unlv.edu/healthnv/sexindustry.html
as quoted in "Sex Worker's Unite" by Melinda Chateuvert (p. 123)
*Although you could broaden this definition to include people who trade sex for goods and services within their communities.
I've read in some places that full-service workers find the term "prostitute" offensive because of its origins, but I've seen mixed evidence on that. I avoid using it because I personally have never done full-service work, and I don't want to offend anyone.
"The industry includes 'all of those legal and illegal adult businesses that sell sexual products, sexual services, sexual fantasies, and actual sexual contact for profit in the commercial marketplace.*'"
Kate Hausbeck et al., "Sex Industry and Sex Workers in Nevada," in Social Health of Nevada: Leading Indicators and Quality of Life in the Silver State, ed. Kate Hasubeck, Barbara Brents, and Crystal Jackson (University of Nevada at Las Vegas: CDC Publications 2006), http://cdclv.unlv.edu/healthnv/sexindustry.html
as quoted in "Sex Worker's Unite" by Melinda Chateuvert (p. 123)
*Although you could broaden this definition to include people who trade sex for goods and services within their communities.
I've read in some places that full-service workers find the term "prostitute" offensive because of its origins, but I've seen mixed evidence on that. I avoid using it because I personally have never done full-service work, and I don't want to offend anyone.