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washingline

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« Reply #180 on: 06 August 2017, 06:03:09 pm »
Quote from: sweetmilf on 06 August 2017, 05:49:20 pm
I often don't mind as a generic term, but I do resent the degree of hypocrisy when journalists and "society/government" generally use the term.  They underestimate how hard this work is and the benefit, which this work brings to the society.
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« Reply #181 on: 06 August 2017, 11:46:48 pm »
Someone in my civvy little band who know I do this was having a discussion about it with me. They mentioned  words like escort and hooker etc and then came out with the choice words "but you know it all just means prostitute"   :FF

My god until they said that I had no idea!  ::)
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« Reply #182 on: 07 August 2017, 03:25:44 am »
Doesn't bother me
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« Reply #183 on: 07 August 2017, 07:38:15 am »
I think we have to look at it differently, whether you're a hooker/prostitute/sex worker or plumber, office/factory worker or a van driver, every person in a profession is selling at part of their body and their skills for money. Some do low risk jobs such as being a call centre person and others do high risk jobs such as emergency services, armed forces, or prostitution. Either way we are all selling a part of ourselves in order to make money. Difference is that what we do will always be in high demand and it'll always pay better than average money when compared to other jobs out there, mostly.
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« Reply #184 on: 07 August 2017, 08:06:42 am »
Er, I'm not selling any part of myself or my body? I'm selling a service and there's no ownership change involved.
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« Reply #185 on: 08 August 2017, 06:59:36 am »
Quote from: amy on 07 August 2017, 08:06:42 am
Er, I'm not selling any part of myself or my body? I'm selling a service and there's no ownership change involved.

Ok, maybe I worded it wrong. But my point it that we use our body as a tool to make money, to provide a service, without that tool we wouldn't be able to do what we do and as a service provider we wouldn't be able to provide. You're right, we're not owned by anyone, to act in that way would suggest we're slaves, we're not.

I think cutting right to it, my point here is that there are those outside of the profession who see sex work as a low life occupation, but the truth is we all sell a part of ourselves in order to make money. Providing a service for money isn't limited to the sex industry, it's everywhere.
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« Reply #186 on: 15 August 2017, 04:32:56 am »
I don't use the word , realise that's what I am but I dislike it as said before use to negative connotations but then again I don't like the word Punter either and don't use that either.

I'm not under any allusions at all just prefer escort and client .
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washingline

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« Reply #187 on: 15 August 2017, 05:28:30 am »
A rose by any other name, would smell as sweet  :)  "Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet"   For a short period of time, (half an hour or an hour) we are lovers. They love us, we love their money  :) :) :)
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« Reply #188 on: 16 August 2017, 07:00:08 pm »
I guess in life there is no harm jazzing things up a little especially in this business as long as it's Based on some truth and it's not misleading. It's like the whole high class escort thing. It's all just an illusion in my eyes. I like thinking that my job is a chance to be whoever I want to be, even if it's just myself! Prostitute & punter, Escort & client. It's all the same however you put it so it makes no real difference as long as you're doing what makes you happy it's best to accept that everyone has a preference.
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« Reply #189 on: 11 November 2018, 11:59:02 am »
Sorry for the terrible pun, I honestly couldn't help myself

What terms or words do you use for what you do? I've noticed on these boards everyone has their own way of saying things, I use different terms in different contexts

Hooker : What I call myself in my head, I guess it's American influence, kind of derogatory but i prefer it to whore

Escort: What I call myself to clients so they feel classier, my 'professional' title, although I don't really feel like the term fits me

Pute (french for whore): Sex workers in France have done an amazing job of semantic reclamation on this one. I kind of feel like we own this word now. Sometimes a client gets nasty over mail/text and says 'pute!' as an insult, "I'm like yeah and what pal?"

Sex Worker: What I call myself when with my civvy friends who are in the know, and with colleagues, it's also more of term I use when thinking of us in a political sense

Prossie: lol never liked this before but Amy I've noticed you use it a lot and now it's kind of the same as hooker in my head  ;)

Prostitute: Seems like the most neutral term, but kind of clinical, apparently it derives from something like "those who put themselves forward on the street" in latin, and was used to describe us as a public nuisance. I've noticed it's more often used by abolitionists, NGOs, etc (with the exception of the English Collective of Prostitutes)
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« Reply #190 on: 11 November 2018, 12:27:14 pm »
Sadly the title is gone, but since we already have a 13 page page thread on the subject that many of the people here have already answered hopefully that will make up for it :).

I use prossie because I always have - it's a contraction of 'prostitute' and I've heard it since I was at school. I don't like Americanisms and don't use them, so if I want something less 'formal' than prostitute it's perfect and I think it's friendlier sounding. I detest 'escort' and the fact I have to use it on my website for the search engines pains me every day.

I don't find 'whore' derogatory in itself, but it does seem to be used a lot in a desperately try-hard way by people I don't really want to be likened to, so I avoid that as well. Prossie is fine for me :D.
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« Reply #191 on: 11 November 2018, 12:27:55 pm »
I am a prostitute end of.
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« Reply #192 on: 11 November 2018, 12:59:04 pm »
I use hooker or whorebag to fellow women in the trade who I know are cool with that kind of gallows humour reclamation stuff.

 I'm not offended by prostitute at all (it does what is says on the tin) but don't use it often... more because it feels unwieldy than anything.

 I'll use sex worker occasionally in a polite context but not over keen on it, its a bit clinical/ administrative sounding plus it doesn't really specifically mean prostitute as I understand it but anyone in the sex trade and I've seen women who just sell content like tit pics online use it . Its like 'I work in the catering industry' as opposed to saying 'cook' or 'waitress' to me.

Escort for advertising.
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Re: the term prostitute?
« Reply #193 on: 11 November 2018, 01:07:39 pm »
Quote from: Ms Millie on 11 November 2018, 12:59:04 pm
I'll use sex worker occasionally in a polite context but not over keen on it, its a bit clinical/ administrative sounding plus it doesn't really specifically mean prostitute as I understand it but anyone in the sex trade and I've seen women who just sell content like tit pics online use it . Its like 'I work in the catering industry' as opposed to saying 'cook' or 'waitress' to me.

I think 'sex worker' is useful as an umbrella term exactly for this reason - I'm a sex worker who works as a prostitute, and other sex workers work as webcammers, porn performers, phone chat operators, fetish models, strippers, sensual masseuses and so on. It's not intended to be specific :).
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« Reply #194 on: 11 November 2018, 01:09:41 pm »
Quote from: amy on 11 November 2018, 12:27:14 pm
Sadly the title is gone, but since we already have a 13 page page thread on the subject that many of the people here have already answered hopefully that will make up for it :).

I use prossie because I always have - it's a contraction of 'prostitute' and I've heard it since I was at school. I don't like Americanisms and don't use them, so if I want something less 'formal' than prostitute it's perfect and I think it's friendlier sounding. I detest 'escort' and the fact I have to use it on my website for the search engines pains me every day.

I don't find 'whore' derogatory in itself, but it does seem to be used a lot in a desperately try-hard way by people I don't really want to be likened to, so I avoid that as well. Prossie is fine for me :D.

oops yeah didn't think to check if was a repeat post.
Yes prossie to me is what we used to say at school, I think that's maybe one of the reasons i don't mind it either, just reminds me of being daft in school.

and yeah i only use escort for advertising or with clients, I feel like I'm trying to squeeze into the overly glamourised Belle de Jour fantasy in doing so

Quote from: Ms Millie on 11 November 2018, 12:59:04 pm

 

 I'll use sex worker occasionally in a polite context but not over keen on it, its a bit clinical/ administrative sounding plus it doesn't really specifically mean prostitute as I understand it but anyone in the sex trade and I've seen women who just sell content like tit pics online use it . Its like 'I work in the catering industry' as opposed to saying 'cook' or 'waitress' to me.


you're right about that, but then i don't see that as a bad thing, i think it's cool way to encourage solidarity with people working as strippers, cam girls, porn actresses and actors. The administrative side doesn't bother me either as I feel like it reinforces the idea that this is my job, mind you sex worker isn't much better that whore/hooker/prossie on a cv  ;D
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