"You dont think it is degrading Bill?"

No, I don't think it's automatically degrading. I am sure that everyday someone trades sex for money and everyone has fun and no one is unhappy. Sadly, that's not not the usual way, and the 'degrading' part was already in someone's head before any offer of sex OR money.

" .prostitution is degrading." is a slogan...a mindset... not a universal truth.