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(11-06-2015, 03:32 AM)McBeefâ„¢ Wrote: I would argue they are often victims of poor socioeconomic conditions. As others have said, very few sex workers would choose that work over an equally well paid job that would fit their own particular needs.
Since prostitution is a crime in 49 states, you could look at it from the same viewpoint as people who engage in petty crimes. Most of them are not doing so out of some desire to be criminals, but because they don't see another opportunity for themselves.
In the case of other types of sex workers, I'm not sure that it's socioeconomic conditions, and I'm not sure that the same viewpoint necessarily applies. If anything, the biggest issue is going to be the social pressure that they experience. I have guests that are strippers, and they make enough money that they honestly don't care. The money is that good at very little risk to themselves. Of course, if they ever get embroiled in a legal dispute, that's going to be trotted out and used against them (family court is notorious for that shit), but nothing they're doing is illegal. Same with phone sex or cam shows or whatever. As long as everyone involved is of age, it's not a crime, so it's really pure social pressure that they deal with. And that's not something changing names is going to really fix (although like you said earlier, sex worker is an excellent umbrella term, I know people who would be offended to be categorized with the other subsets).
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