While I had never heard the name "provider" until I came to this site, there are a list of names that reference our work as a provider.
"Escort", "whore" and "prostitute" among them. I've been called a "hooker" by a friend who was kidding around. I think in the beginning I was a littlesensitive to it, but now it all works. "If you can't handle the heat, probably shouldn't be in the kitchen" as they say. I think the terminology is the least of the concerns.
I did have a client who liked to refer to "whore" as I spent time with him. Not sure if it was a point of degradation or he was just enamored with the term. The experience was fine, however. So for the providers (or for clients for that matter), do all these names mean the same thing to you and is "escort" the name you refer to us more than any other?