Dignity is self respect. Quite a lot of prostitutes are forced into their way of life due to poor economic circumstances, others have been kidnapped and forced to work as prostitutes. Others have been made drug addicts by their pimps in order to be more easily controlled. Drug takers will also take more risks just to get their daily fix. Of course this does not make them any less human. People world wide condemn prostitutes and their line of work. If someone can't see any way out of such a situation and has no one to turn to, of course he/she can lose his/her dignity.