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minus-squarewizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·16 hours agoExcuse you. Hamster sex worker.
minus-squareyogurtwrong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoDoesn’t hooker also mean sex worker? As in the person who does hookups. English is not my first language but I never thought it was a slur, I don’t think it is.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoA hooker is a subset of sex workers. You wouldn’t call someone that makes most of their money on OnlyFans a hooker, but they are sex workers
minus-squaresubversive_dev@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoI’d call it a minor slur in English. More polite than “whor e” and less than “prostitute”
minus-squareyogurtwrong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agooh i always thought it was one of the more respectful ones good thing I never used it irl before, I generally say sex worker
minus-squaresubversive_dev@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoCan’t go wrong with that one. Respectful, accurate and class-conscious
Excuse you. Hamster sex worker.
Doesn’t hooker also mean sex worker? As in the person who does hookups.
English is not my first language but I never thought it was a slur, I don’t think it is.
A hooker is a subset of sex workers. You wouldn’t call someone that makes most of their money on OnlyFans a hooker, but they are sex workers
I’d call it a minor slur in English. More polite than “whor e” and less than “prostitute”
oh i always thought it was one of the more respectful ones
good thing I never used it irl before, I generally say sex worker
Can’t go wrong with that one. Respectful, accurate and class-conscious