degrading: no. I've met prostitutes who very much like their work and find it empowering
dangerous: ...yes, because it's illegal and they don't have access to proper legal protection.
It's, of course, much better and far less delusional, to go flipping burgers for $30k which barely covers your housing, less alone food.
Or to go to the military to lose an arm and a leg, defending a just cause, of course.
degrading: no. I've met prostitutes who very much like their work and find it empowering
dangerous: ...yes, because it's illegal and they don't have access to proper legal protection.