It's just an opinion. I don't agree with a lot of laws. If the prostitute doesn't want to perform but does for 30 bucks is it rape? If the prostitute doesn't want to perform but does to avoid losing the next couple of tricks while processing through a legal system that really doesn't care much about prostitution in the first place is it rape? Not in my opinion. It's overhead, so to speak.
If you don't want to go to work, but consent to do so because of that pesky paycheck thing, is it rape?
If the prostitute doesn't want to perform but does to avoid losing the next couple of tricks while processing through a legal system that really doesn't care much about prostitution in the first place is it rape?
It appears you are arguing that the definition of rape is contingent on the person being raped. Is this a correct assessment?
I wholeheartedly disagree with that opinion. Even though the prostitute is pursuing illegal activity, vending sex for money, she does not give up her right to consent or not consent to performing.
To flip this around, consider that your boss says you have to sleep with her (I assume you're a man) in order to keep your job, otherwise you will get fired and arrested. You don't want to do this, but feel like you have no choice. Is that coercion, or just overhead? Is that rape, assuming that a sex act takes place?