people thinking that being a slut qualifies them to be an escort. I was far more a slut when not a escort.

I am not a slut. I am a prostitute. I choose, maintain and enjoy several off the books relationships, and nuture hundreds of professional interactions..however that does not mean that I go weak kneed at the sight of willie..so..ladies and gentlemen..what do you think?

I really dont give a damn about anybody labelling me whatever. I dont feel the need to justify myself in or out of work. They can think what they bloody like. Im not out to change societys views and educate them. Im just doing my job and living my life. When ive lived my "Four score years and ten" they can find somebody else to talk about. So I really dont care! (For the record though Im never a slut but always a whore.)

I think in most cases it depends on your personal intepretation of the expressions or moreover the interpretation of the person applying the term.

Slut and slag mean exactly the same to me and is something I'd use as an insult. In my mind it is someone who has sex indiscriminatly and unsafely, the kind of person who can't remember the next morining with whom they have had sex and whether protection was used or not regularly.

With all other slang terms for prostitute it depends on who says it, what tone of voice it is said in and what context it is said in. If it is meant friendly or teasingly and said by a mate of mine I'm fine with that.

Its like my pakistani friend and I; she calls me 'chunky chinky' and I call her 'skinny paki' anyone else saying that to her or me would get a slap.

Re-reading my post I would like to add that I have only had cause to use the word slut once, which was aimed at the woman, who infected my friend with HIV, by having unprotected sex with my friend's husband. Obviously it was just as much his fault and the names I called him are unrepeatable.

I generally don't believe in using insults or swearing out of context, as it dilutes the effect of the words.

I wonder if she'd be doing so much of the STD-gettin' if there weren't presumably hundreds of men willing to pay to join in? I know there are plenty of people out there who honestly have a fetish for paid sex and so would work in the sex industry even if rates were ?10 per hour. And considering that my whole schtick is how I'm a Nice Girl, posh and fussy and classy and blah blah (just as ridiculous as the adverts saying how someone's a big ol' slut or whatever, really) I'm not in much of a position to judge anyone else for their hilarious advertising and working persona.

That said - really, our clients are like babies in a big playpen full of very easily accessible sweets and chocolate and jelly. It's not a good idea to offer OWO without thinking carefully about the fact that your classy clients have probably already put their penis anywhere else that they were allowed, too. I'm assuming that that's your only worry when considering sharing clients with bareback escorts? One of my clients once blithely informed me that the previous week, he'd been to see one of the 'cheap birds' on Adultwork and she'd run off with his money, leaving him sitting on a sofa next to a crack pipe. I took a lot of headdesking before I came to terms with the fact that there are certain risks that anyone sexually active is taking, no matter how professional and sensible. As long as there's a market for 'sluts' we might as well all be taking the same stupid risks.