a prostitute has to have sex i dont have sex unless i fancy the guy i just have drink then go oops

No we don't, if that was the case we would all see the guy who turns up under the influence or the guy with only half our fee, or the guy with obvious signs of an sti/std, or the guy giving out danger vibes. Just like anyone we can say NO, we don't HAVE to have sex just because we are prostitutes/escorts/ whores/tarts or whatever else people want to call us.

I must admit to disliking it as well.

I am a prostitute and proud of what I do.  I work hard, I give a good service so why should I not be proud.

prostitute is just my job title same as hooker, prossie, whore, harlot, lady of the night etc etc etc

It is just the actual name of what we do.  I exchange sexual services for cash.  That is defined by the word prostitute.  An escort is someone who accompanies people to functions but offers no intimacy at all.  Not even kissing.  So I am not an escort.

I don't see why some women get so upset about their job title.  It is what it is.  If you are willing to sell sex then you cannot be offended by people using the correct term for what you do.

If people try to use it to upset me in an offensive manner then it doesn't matter what word they use or what they call me it is the tone and intent that pisses me off.  Calling me a prostitute even in an offensive way wont upset me though as I am one and I don't find it a dirty or disgusting job so they cannot make the term offensive for me

your all right i am a prostitute and i hate my job i feel awful about the word and i camnt accept it i find it very offensive i preferf the word  escort ..... i try to avoid having sex because i hate it i only do it for the money also i would just like to confirm to the member who said i show my tits for free on aw carmen1988 is not my aw username its something else....

I think it is rather unfortunate if you have chosen a user name for SAAFE that someone else has as a profile name on AW.  Especially one with the same year after it.  Perhaps a slight name change would be a good thing and it may save a lot of confusion, not just for yourself but also for everyone.

If you feel so bad about the job then perhaps it is time for a change or a break.  If you cant feel good about yourself with doing the job then it is going to come through in the work that you do and you are going to put clients off.

Perhaps time to re-think things to make yourself happy. There is no fun being in a job that you appear to despise so much.

lady lust didnt think people would investigate on aw its quite sad,,,,, im definately quitting this year im training to be a dom so hopefully thats better for me

I agree with the first bit but it's a fact, and whilst nobody here means any harm it's as well to remember that this forum is public and there are plenty of other people out there with nothing better to do than make mischief. You can easily change your displayed forum name here on your profile if you want to .

I agree with everybody that it's not an ideal situation to be in any job you don't like, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the job or anything wrong with you for doing it - everybody needs money and you're doing something lots of people wouldn't be prepared to do to feed and support yourself. If you're taking practical steps to learn something related which would suit you better then that's great (although if you're a pro domme the law still says you're a prostitute ).

Well the law doesn't use the term in the 'literal' way, and since this is a sex work forum and the thread is discussing sex work we'll stick with the original subject.

To say that anybody who benefits financially from an arrangement which includes sex is a prostitute is just silly, and tedious comparisons to greedy civvy women (and one feature difference of actual prostitutes is that we tell you how much it's going to cost in total before anything happens) has nothing to do with the OP's question and isn't helpful, and nor is judging other people because of what some mythical 'society' may or may not think of us and what we do.

Back on topic.

Well that's all very well, but then we're getting into whether your average 40 hour a week wage slave is 'prostituting themselves' to Tesco when they go to stack shelves or whatever, which may or may not be the case but is also nothing to do with the thread topic.

Either way, discussing and speculating about the supposed motivations of people who are nothing to do with sex work and not part of the forum (and therefore cannot contribute to the discussion) is bad form, so we're not going to do it.