KoreanBabe said:
...the conditions that must be met in order for an occupation to be considered a 'profession' are as follows: a person must go through a lot of training, education, exams to achieve designation; a person must belong to an organization that governs the behaviour of its members; a true professional is never hired, and a professional has knowledge not available to the general public. Sorry for the technicality.
The problem is that you are working on the wrong paper. Your topic should be
"Who Came Up With This Ridiculous And Arbitrary Criteria For Qualifying As A Professional?"
Being a profession or a professional is not always about clearing a checklist. Sometimes it is what is. You know a professional when you see one, simple as that.
Many of the conditions you listed there are as much mechanisms of social casting and classification as true benchmarks for determining a profession.
Prostitution is still somewhat taboo, it's very existence as an institution is still not fully acknowledged and many elements of the business are illegal. With all of those barriers, how can there possibly formal training, education or certification.
Of course, not everyone who works in a profession is a professional. Somebody who runs a classified ad and has an incall for 5 months is not necessarily a professional.
On the other hand, not all prostitutes are found in adult directories or on the sidewalk. I know of women who've never negotiated an honest intimacy-for-cash deal, but I consider them professional prostitutes because of the expert and systematic way they use sex and companionship as a commodity in the service of their financial or social ambitions.
So prostitution is a combination of a profession, a condition, and a life skill.
The question you asked of the board is too general. Most customers are not doing the bulk of their hobbying with professional prostitutes - they are seeing individuals who are making a living in this business during a transitional phase of their life. You should focus on those customers who do a significant portion of their business with
Career SP's, those who operate like a high end freelance designer, lawyer or consultant, and charge similar fees.