Erin, you should never be around people who see sex workers - or any human beings, for that matter - as not worthy of being a part of the society. When you were a stripper, you WERE a part of it! You resided somewhere, you worked like everyone else, you paid taxes, and you did everything else any other human being was doing. You were an equal. And you will ALWAYS be, regardless if you were a stripper, or a business person, or someone else.

Don't listen to those who degrade you by labeling you a "cheap stripper" or with any other label. You're a human being. They aren't any better or worse compared to you.