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Originally Posted by Swift
On the PC words discussion, I've been wondering recently why "sex worker" replaced prostitute, hooker, whore, streetwalker etc? Apart from maybe whore (as it gets used as an insult in ways the other words don't), what is particularly offensive about those words?
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"Sex worker" is a more broad and all-encompassing term.
Sex work is to prostitute as Information Technology is to IT consultant.
"Sex work can take the form of prostitution, stripping or lap dancing, performance in pornography, phone or internet sex, or any other exchange of sexual services for financial or material gain." It isn't strictly intercourse for money.