Both "prostitute" and "sex worker" have the same basic definition: A person, usually a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.
This definition is pretty broad and would cover anything from nude modeling to hardcore ass-to-mouth fucking in porn.
Personally, I thing when someone uses the term "prostitute" it is a demeaning statement which insinuates a low moral character or a member of an "untouchable" class of people. Most of the time, web cam models and porn stars are not referred to by this moniker because they do not have any physical contact with their clients. But nowhere in the definition does it say that physical contact is a necessary component to be categorized as a prostitute or a sex worker.
I'd also go as far to say that when one uses the word "prostitute" the image of a drugged up hooker standing on a street corner selling $20 hand jobs is what comes to mind. Not the girls looking for sugar relationships on Seek Arrangement or high end call girls who charge wealthy men thousands of dollars for hand jobs.
I'm interested in what you all think: Should the word "prostitute" stay in our vernacular or should we push it out to the more modern "sex worker" description?



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