I honestly don't care myself - I'm too old, got far more pressing issues like planning for touring.  But I don't call you or anyone a prostitute in case it offends!   

The only reason I can think why they get offended is maybe they think of streetwise as such and just being snobby.
A bit like people who like to dress up their job title e.g toilet attendant as a sanitation administrator.

The word "Prostitute" carries a negative connotation, I don't like the vibe around it...  and i find it quite "reductive"...

I don't know... this is my feeling.

I agree, I find it an exposing word & it means just that interestingly, from Latin prostitut- ?exposed publicly, offered for sale?, from the verb prostituere.

Amongst us, I don't mind the term because it is what it is 

The word "Prostitute" carries a negative connotation, I don't like the vibe around it...  and i find it quite "reductive"...

I don't know... this is my feeling.

^^^^^^^^ I agree ^^^^^^^^

Call me petty, or a snowflake, or whatever but in general I prefer the terms escort / call girl / sex worker as I feel they takes away the stigma. Being a prostitute has always been portrayed like it's the worst thing you could ever do. Prostitution is a crime in many countries and when many people use the term, they do it with the intention of 'hurting' you. They say it with contempt, and use it as a slur. They want to make you feel as if you're a criminal and are somebody who is beneath them. There is a lot of social stigma around the term. Just because one person doesn't like it doesn't make them a snowflake. Everybody is different.

Like exactly this. I'd actually prefer to be called a whore, prostitute just has too many connotations with poverty/disease/drug addiction because of how the media have portrayed the word but call girl/escort (for whatever reason) are portrayed like they're higher class

We are defined by society with what we do. I should try calling the bank manager a toilet cleaner to see how he takes it probably with not well.

If you have sex for cash, you're a prostitute. Makes no difference whether it's on a street corner or in a five-star hotel. It's just a word.

Better than the word whore

I agree, but mostly because whore has been commandeered by tedious shouty folk who spend a lot of time making up stupid portmanteau words with it and using it to describe themselves at every possible opportunity on Twitter and suchlike, because They're Soooo Edgy! Aren't You Shocked? Pleeeeease Be A Bit Shocked!

Oh, do fuck off.

The word "Prostitute" carries a negative connotation, I don't like the vibe around it...  and i find it quite "reductive"...

I don't know... this is my feeling.

Totally agree