What is a body worker?
In part because of the stigma of prostitution, and in part because the licensed masseur community is jealous of the higher pay that erotic massage services command, laws have been brought about to create penalties for selling massage services without a license. In the same manner that some prostitutes refer to themselves as escorts to protect themselves legally, so do many erotic masseurs refer to themselves as body workers. As long as they do not claim to be providing massage or to be a masseur, body workers are able to avoid violating massage licensing laws. They can, however, still be arrested in many areas for violating local prostitution ordinances.
