Prostitution/Escorts

[NeoMeeko]

So... reading a thread on another message board had me think a lot about prostitution and the scary attitudes prostitutes/escorts have about their "job." As harsh as some of my views may be, I wanted to see where others thought, as the thread didn't really allow for your own views if they were harsh. I wanted to give a fair reply to the person answering questions that is an escort but I dunno... some things really pissed me off.

So here we go... a discussion of escorting!

So this thread was basically this girl/escort answering peoples questions about her experiences and views in her career. Naturally, there are many opposing views.

My problem lies with the topic of STD's. To sum it up, basically she doesn't feel the need to be tested often, and she doesn't always use protection. She has the attitude that she doesn't really want to know if she catches anything, kind of an ignorance is bliss deal. But she specifically said that even if she caught something, she would still escort because she has to make money, it's good money, and she can't get the things she wants in life without the money shes making. So even if she catches something, she can potentially pass it on to others. She doesn't get tested often, so if you don't know you have something then you really can't think about what you might be passing on.

However, I had a problem with her basically saying that she would keep working even if she did have something. She said that HIV drugs help prolong life and it's really not the end of the world if one did catch it. I think it's morally wrong to pass something on that may be passed onto someone that is innocent in the situation, such as a husband cheating on the wife, catches an std from an escort, brings it home to innocent wife. Innocent wife can get stds, and I don't think the whole responsibility lies on the husband, it also lies on the escort as well. She talked about how many STDs can be cured too, and im all who cares? Someone should have more respect for themselves then think "Oh well if I catch this std it can be cured. Give me the meds and bring on the next customer." In the meantime, she could of infected god knows how many people.

And then HPV... that shit is extremely rampant and due to her nonchalant attitude, she basically is not caring that she can be causing other girls to potentially get cancer. It's just......... not sitting right with me.

I dont see prostitution as a job at all, and am horrified at her being so nonchalant about her health. Blah!

[Johnnyboy1]

Originally Posted by NeoMeeko

So... reading a thread on another message board had me think a lot about prostitution and the scary attitudes prostitutes/escorts have about their "job." As harsh as some of my views may be, I wanted to see where others thought, as the thread didn't really allow for your own views if they were harsh. I wanted to give a fair reply to the person answering questions that is an escort but I dunno... some things really pissed me off.

So here we go... a discussion of escorting!

So this thread was basically this girl/escort answering peoples questions about her experiences and views in her career. Naturally, there are many opposing views.

My problem lies with the topic of STD's. To sum it up, basically she doesn't feel the need to be tested often, and she doesn't always use protection. She has the attitude that she doesn't really want to know if she catches anything, kind of an ignorance is bliss deal. But she specifically said that even if she caught something, she would still escort because she has to make money, it's good money, and she can't get the things she wants in life without the money shes making. So even if she catches something, she can potentially pass it on to others. She doesn't get tested often, so if you don't know you have something then you really can't think about what you might be passing on.

However, I had a problem with her basically saying that she would keep working even if she did have something. She said that HIV drugs help prolong life and it's really not the end of the world if one did catch it. I think it's morally wrong to pass something on that may be passed onto someone that is innocent in the situation, such as a husband cheating on the wife, catches an std from an escort, brings it home to innocent wife. Innocent wife can get stds, and I don't think the whole responsibility lies on the husband, it also lies on the escort as well. She talked about how many STDs can be cured too, and im all who cares? Someone should have more respect for themselves then think "Oh well if I catch this std it can be cured. Give me the meds and bring on the next customer." In the meantime, she could of infected god knows how many people.

And then HPV... that shit is extremely rampant and due to her nonchalant attitude, she basically is not caring that she can be causing other girls to potentially get cancer. It's just......... not sitting right with me.

I dont see prostitution as a job at all, and am horrified at her being so nonchalant about her health. Blah!

I dont know what to tell ya, these women choose there lifestyle
Im not for it or against it im neutral, but as far as STD most can be cured except aids, and these women do make alot of money sometimes as much as a grand a day tax free, this has been around since the beginning of time I dont know if it will ever end, I mean there are girls in massage parlors, internet sites, escorts.
I would think alot of these girls do have diseases. its actually quite sad.


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[kilowatt88]

Brothels are legal in reno, nv. I saw on t.v. that the girls live in the house. The guys that come in get a quick physical and go to the room with the girl. They use clean sheets with each person and they also put on gloves when they put the condom on the guy. They also get checked like every month. They take a lot of precautions.

[NeoMeeko]

Yeah some do get checked often which makes it better.... I guess. But for those that dont get checked and just dont care... I have issues with that.

[Ancient Mariness]

It's funny to see this thread because I just checked out a documentary from the library called Born into Brothels. It's about child prostitution in Calcutta. (Odd viewing tastes, I know!)

There's also this really good Diane Sawyer special called Prostitution in America: Working Girls Speak. It explores lots of aspects of the trade including what some women who do it feel about it. It covers everything from the legal "bunny ranches" in Nevada to streetwalkers.

Seeing the 20/20 special gave me new perspectives on prostitution, but I am still ambivalent about it. Seems like the kind of thing that some people will always engage in in one form or another. Should we ignore it? Ehhhh. Should we crack down? Blahhhh. Should we legalize it to try to make it safer for the workers & patrons. Blarghhh......

[SystemError]

God bless hookers. I've never gotten any in Cali but down in T.J they are great!!!! $60.00! And these girls are hot if you like latinos.

[epitome_of_lame]

This is one issue that I've never had a decent answer to. I personally want nothing to do with anyone involved in this industry what so ever and for good reason. There is a risk for the prostitutes, their customers, and everyone they have deceived if they don't get themselves checked out plus be honest about the results and get the information to everyone they have done anything with. Alot of STIs that can become serious are spread as easliy as touching infected bodily fluids and rubbing your eye, kissing someone with residue of an infected person's bodily fluids in their mouth or is carrying the virus already themselves, and other things that borderline very close to casual contact. The STIs are primarily curable with antibotics, but many show no symptoms especially in men and cause other health issues that are deadly. I'm not trying to turn anyone into a germophobe but it is that easy to catch something.

It's hard to regulate such a trade in this country because of licensing and taxation. It looks really bad to tax a human's body and sounds sick! My problem with these people is not that they're immoral, but they do honestly scare me. Anyone who will put a price on themselves for anything makes me question their sanity in general. To me it shows a very sad side of a person's emotional state that they're unknowingly revealing and I view the customers to be just as sad. The whole thing shows despiration and a bizarre sadomasachistic treatment of themselves that is very creepy to me because if that's how they are to themselves they'll be that way to everyone else to a degree.

I don't think it should be illegal, but I believe that type of personality is unhealthy for me to be around and don't want it around me prostitute or not. What people do with their bodies should be their business as long as they aren't affecting others without consent. I do believe in privacy and think it's a right that is being taken from us more and more. It's unjust to barge in behind closed doors and criminalize anything people consent to allegedly harmful or not.

Yeah, I still have no real answer!!! Did that make any sense? Let me know what you think...

[justaword]

Originally Posted by NeoMeeko

So... reading a thread on another message board had me think a lot about prostitution and the scary attitudes prostitutes/escorts have about their "job." As harsh as some of my views may be, I wanted to see where others thought, as the thread didn't really allow for your own views if they were harsh. I wanted to give a fair reply to the person answering questions that is an escort but I dunno... some things really pissed me off.

So here we go... a discussion of escorting!

So this thread was basically this girl/escort answering peoples questions about her experiences and views in her career. Naturally, there are many opposing views.

My problem lies with the topic of STD's. To sum it up, basically she doesn't feel the need to be tested often, and she doesn't always use protection. She has the attitude that she doesn't really want to know if she catches anything, kind of an ignorance is bliss deal. But she specifically said that even if she caught something, she would still escort because she has to make money, it's good money, and she can't get the things she wants in life without the money shes making. So even if she catches something, she can potentially pass it on to others. She doesn't get tested often, so if you don't know you have something then you really can't think about what you might be passing on.

However, I had a problem with her basically saying that she would keep working even if she did have something. She said that HIV drugs help prolong life and it's really not the end of the world if one did catch it. I think it's morally wrong to pass something on that may be passed onto someone that is innocent in the situation, such as a husband cheating on the wife, catches an std from an escort, brings it home to innocent wife. Innocent wife can get stds, and I don't think the whole responsibility lies on the husband, it also lies on the escort as well. She talked about how many STDs can be cured too, and im all who cares? Someone should have more respect for themselves then think "Oh well if I catch this std it can be cured. Give me the meds and bring on the next customer." In the meantime, she could of infected god knows how many people.

And then HPV... that shit is extremely rampant and due to her nonchalant attitude, she basically is not caring that she can be causing other girls to potentially get cancer. It's just......... not sitting right with me.

I dont see prostitution as a job at all, and am horrified at her being so nonchalant about her health. Blah!

ok man u scared me...never gonna go within a mile of a prostitue again

[starryphoenix]

someone I was friends with was a gay escort
I did not approve
I was so sure he would end up with an STD or murdered in a hotel room
it just is not a safe thing to do

[Raverkid00]

If prostitution was legal then it could easily be regulated. As in Holland and Nevada, licenses are issued, periodic medical examinations are required, use of protection is mandatory, health inspections occur regularly. Furthermore, anyone involved in the business has the full protection of the law, and can avoid victimization by pimps and violent johns; and harassment by protesters.

My attitude is, while I wouldn't chose this "profession," anyone who does wish to should be legally allowed to.

Since it is not legal, and there is no regulation except harassment and punishment, you end up dealing with people like the prostitute described in the original post. Just like drugs being illegal leads to lotsa dangerous drugs out there, illegal sex is no different and you takes yer chances either way.

[PaulieWalnuts]

In America, the average age a prostitute gets her first john is around 14.

I don't see how something like that can be regulated as a legal activity, how that first exposure to the job can be made somehow safer for the exploited girl or for society (in other words, how you can prevent a career hooker from starting so early in her years) when someone who starts that young, generally in America, is doing it already in connection with some other shadow economy activity like human trafficking, child exploitation, or illicit drugs, and often as the victim of one of those activities.

[Raverkid00]

Originally Posted by PaulieWalnuts

In America, the average age a prostitute gets her first john is around 14.

I don't see how something like that can be regulated as a legal activity, how that first exposure to the job can be made somehow safer for the exploited girl or for society (in other words, how you can prevent a career hooker from starting so early in her years) when someone who starts that young, generally in America, is doing it already in connection with some other shadow economy activity like human trafficking, child exploitation, or illicit drugs, and often as the victim of one of those activities.

I think what people often fail to realize is that the problem with law enforcement is there are too many unnecessary laws taking up time police could be using to deal with things that really ARE criminal. Most vice laws (prostitution, drug use, gambling) fall into the category of unnecessary restrictions on liberty and freedoms.

If you legalize prostitution, then you reduce the time cops spend harassing adults involved in the process, leaving them time to deal with catching predatory adults who deal with child exploitation. Furthermore, you reduce the overall cost of the criminal justice system and the money can be redirected to education, counseling, and caregivng. Abused kids, runaways, w/e the causes, such kids can be helped cuz there would be time and money to do so.

Meanwhile, as I said, legalization would make the whole institution of prostitution safer and healthier for all legally involved.