I looked up the definition of profession, professional, and occupation So here are the findings. personally, I don't care what you refer me to me as, as long as you're not disrespectful. This is a review board, after all. Its quite the patriarchal place for a little feminist like me to hang out, lol. The majority of the people on this board are really great men, fun, easy going, and sweet. The jerks seem to have the loudest voices, but that's true anywhere. Anyways onto my findings, lol
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/profession
pro·fes·sion
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–noun
1.a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
2.any vocation or business.
3.the body of persons engaged in an occupation or calling: to be respected by the Medical profession.
4.the act of professing; avowal; a declaration, whether true or false: professions of dedication.
5.the declaration of belief in or acceptance of religion or a faith: the profession of christianity.
6.a religion or faith professed.
7.the declaration made on entering into membership of a church or religious order.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/professional
pro·fes·sion·al
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–adjective
1.following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
2.of, pertaining to, or connected with a profession: professional studies.
3.appropriate to a profession: professional objectivity.
4.engaged in one of the learned professions: A lawyer is a professional person.
5.following as a business an occupation ordinarily engaged in as a pastime: a professional golfer.
6.making a business or constant practice of something not properly to be regarded as a business: “A salesman,” he said, “is a professional optimist.”
7.undertaken or engaged in as a means of livelihood or for gain: professional baseball.
8.of or for a professional person or his or her place of business or work: a professional apartment; professional equipment.
9.done by a professional; expert: professional car repairs.
So far according to my findings, prostitution can be a profession, seeing as how it is a business.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/occupation
oc·cu·pa·tion
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–noun
1.a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
2.any activity in which a person is engaged.
3.possession, settlement, or use of land or property.
4.the act of occupying.
5.the state of being occupied.
6.the seizure and control of an area by military forces, especially foreign territory.
7.the term of control of a territory by foreign military forces: Danish resistance during the German occupation.
8.tenure or the holding of an office or official function: during his occupation of the vice presidency.
I hope this settles the matter