I’m sorry, but I’m not with you on this thought process in the slightest.

The reality is that for most prostitutes, it’s a sad, sad existence and a world where women are not valued for their uniqueness, their skills & talents, their creativity and business successes. They are not seen as creative, intelligent, beautiful and able to contribute to society. They are not given value, respected, and paid accordingly, instead they are used for one thing, and that is to satisfy the needs of others.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that prostitution is a glamorous world where everyone is happy.

For more info, check out this page on prostitution, and this statement from a former prostitute.
Good luck with your project Erin, don’t sell yourself short in life – you can achieve anything.

these women and men should be respected for what they do. not made to feel like they are inferiour to the rest of society. because they are so much more then just prostitutes, they are also people just like everyone else.

If I expected to be treated as a professional, to be respected as a nursing scientist, to be given the tools, to be given access to resources and information on new technologies and best practices, then I should not be able to stand it. Those expectations do not reconcile themselves with the way nurses are actually treated by hospitals. In truth, staff nurses are given training only based on the latest sentinel event, or only what is required for accreditation or by policy. Often, we are not considered trustworthy enough to even have e-mail (even within the hospitals) or access to the medical libraries that our facilities maintin. It is easier on my own psyche to think of myself as a prostitute and the hospital administrator is my pimp. That’s how we’re treated, and for me, it’s easier to think about it that way than grieve for the professional that I was supposed to be.

Judgemental? Maybe I was a touch harsh in my description of the realities of the human body (** original post now slightly edited), but what I was trying to relay is that to prostitute yourself is to lower your standards of what you can achieve in life.

My comments regarding the lack of self worth and self esteem that many sex workers suffer are based on studies and comments from real people who have worked in the industry, ie this link here.

Also if you work as a sex worker and you personally feel like you’re doing the world some wonderful service that has no ramifications or harm to yourself or the people you provide services to, then you’re entitled to that opinion.

All the best.

As someone who works with the public (I assume) you really should aim to educate yourself about a subject before you make comment on it. I suggest picking up some copies of Pro Vision ( the magazine from the Aust. Sex Workers Association) and hear the voice of some actual sex workers.

I’ll leave you with a comment about “sex worker stigma” from a sex worker… “No client, no boss, and no job has ever made me feel as incredibly disempowered and attacked as other women do when they deny my personal experience of sex work and call me a liar, or a victim. Since interacting with organised feminist groups as an out sex worker, I now realise, I am not only stigmatised and discriminated against by mainstream society, but also by my sisters in the feminist movement, who I had always held respect and admiration for. That’s what keeps me up at night, not the independance, power, learning, entertainment, respect and flexibility I get from the sex industry.”

And remember there are “No bad whores, just bad laws”.

Cheers