Anyone been reading the study by Economics Doctoral student Jannifer Hafer at the University of Arkansas that analyzed the U.S. prostitution market and provides policy recommendations to increase safety for women and communities ??
Bascially many women, especially educated, affluent women, are making a rational decision to enter certain segments of the prostitution market.
High-end escorts and women who use the Internet to find clients represented high-quality illegal prostitution.
Also in this LA Weekly article "The Family Prostitute" at http://www.laweekly.com/2010-09-02/news/the-family-prostitute/ it seems more and more women are turning to the world's oldest profession to support their loved ones.
Reminds me of the CNBC documentatry "Dirty Money" at http://www.cnbc.com/id/26869953 which featured TER and a high-end courtesan who now UTR (Under the Radar).
Any comments ??
Prostitution is considered as the oldest profession known to mankind. Since ancient days women have been selling their bodies for money and entertaining gentlemen. Yes, the economy is in shambles. Thanks to the recklessness of the past administration. This administration's policies certainly hasn't helped the economy either. Given these economic conditions only magnifies what is obvious.
Americans, even ones without much education or specialized skills, have lived above the world average standard of living for a century and a half. The trend of the USA is toward the average. That means that only the people with specialized educations that can't be easily sent offshore and those that have intense creative abilities that they harness, will continue to live lifestyles that are above the world average.
More educated women coming into the hobby is a reflection of the narrowing choices that are available. I for one, hope those women succeed royally and move on to live lives of comfort and affluence.
Being a provider is the best job.
~*I run my own small business as a provider.
~*I make my own hours, set my own rate & chose who I spend my time with or not.
~*I get to meet wonderful men, who are educated and perfect gentlemen.
THE NUMBER 1 REASON:
I save money on buying batteries, because I am able to put my toys in retirement in the shoe box underneath my bed ![]()
Yessir, you can have all the education in the world, but if that pussy isn't smart, what do you really have to offer this scene?
What is needed are more people that have enough intellectual weight to dispel the incorrect picture that the great majority of women that provide are drug addicted, forced to work against their will or are joy seekers taking foolish risks. The fact is, more and more sane, educated women are making a good living providing and using the money earned to pursue business startups or advanced degrees. With few exceptions (I am considering one potential exception now), I dwell in the mid to upper end of the hobby. I prefer educated providers that are working on realizing their ambitions. A provider that is not of that category is unlikely to make my to-do list, with precious few exceptions over my hobby life.
I relish that more educated, wealthy women are chosing to provide. My one wish is that I meet as many of them that meet my figure and looks requirements as I can possibly engage.
Hear Hear. Currently pursuing higher education actually got me into providing. ![]()
I relish that more educated, wealthy women are chosing to provide. My one wish is that I meet as many of them that meet my figure and looks requirements as I can possibly engage.
One used to be on TER but left, another has always been UTR and never even had a website. The UTR lady actually supplements her income from being an escort working as an instructor at a local university.
These women were smart enough to get the degrees, which meant they were also smart enough to realize the money that could be made if you're both intelligent and attractive. As one of them told me after she got her doctorate, she could either take a job working as a lab assistant in her field of study for $45k a year, or she could continue escorting, like she did throughout college, and earn over $200k a year. She chose the latter.
Female beauty is a rare but fleeting gift. If you've got it, you can make you a nice living. But you've got to be smart about it, and both of these women obviously were.
Some day society will accept the fact that thousands of women voluntarily get into this line of work because they WANT TO, not because they're somehow victimized, which is the narrative everyone keeps repeating and believing.
As I've posted before, when I asked the UTR lady why she still escorted she said "Getting paid to have sex isn't exactly hard work, and the money is great." And this woman loved sex, so she figured early on that she might as well get paid for it. Doesn't exactly sound like a victim to me.
I have lived overseas, and every prostitute I met whom I got to know did not like her job. I've lived in America, and I've met many social workers who did not like their jobs. Woman do voluntarily get into this line of work, but very few that I've met do it for anything other than the money, and get out as soon as that's taken care of. Are these women being victimized? No, in the sense they are doing this of their own free will. But I doubt that many want to. It's not coincidence that the increase in the number of prostitutes is occurring during these economic doldrums. Usually they will find another line of work when they can.
There are exceptions, of course. There are women who do love this occupation and keep at it as long as they can, even well into middle age. Quite a number post on TER, and I've enjoyed some of them! But they are hardly the rule.
I've got a Masters degree and I've worked as an executive in several companies. There were countless months, and even years, when I was under so much stress I could hardly force myself to walk in from the parking lot, and I was getting paid a very substantial salary.
The fact is, very few of us are fortunate enough to have a source of income that doesn't extract some toll from us- either physically or emotionally. And sometimes we can pay a pretty high price. I literally saw my first boss be carried out of his office on a stretcher back in 1974. A dozen years later, I understood how he ended up on his back. I saw other executives have nervous breakdowns and be forced to quit, having given their all to the company, only to get canned for their efforts.
Sure, it's not perfect being a provider, but I've never known one that's had to deal with the sort of things I've seen in the white collar workplace. If you're an independent lady, you can control many of the variables of your work, and far more than you control working for some big company. Nearly everyone we meet on TER falls into that category.
But the media and academics, both of whom love to study and report on prostitution, always focus on crack whores, pimps and streetwalkers- and love to drive to the Bronx to get them on camera. The Love Goddess used to post about this frequently, because she was getting her Ph.D. in a field that buys into the stereotype of the prostitute.
Is that part of this business? Of course it is. But the OP was asking about why educated women would find this business appealing. And if we want to admit that crack whores exist, then we also need to acknowledge that educated women like the two I described also exist.
Most prostitutes are "blue collar"--and yes, this is drudgery. Some are "white collar"--its drudgery, but it is more lucrative. Some are "executives"--good money, what they were made to do. (I guess you could include day laborers, the women at the bottom who are the crack whores.) There are a lot more blue collar women than any other group, I would assert. Just go to BP--some TER women are on it, but most are of cheaper type, don't require references (most likely because the police won't bother targeting them), and get out really quickly. Also, they are not as good as the "white collar" girls. That's my point--most women are in it strictly for money, as the article on the brothel girls made clear, and will leave eventually. As for the advantages of being independent contractors, there are many; I won't deny that. But there are a lot of disadvantages as well. That's why many women join agencies or willingly choose a pimp (and I'm excluding those who are forced to have one).
I guess my point is in reaction to yours--I sometimes think there is a TER bubble in which people think that most of the women are beautiful, sweet, loving, really care for their customers, etc.; when that is really not the case for most women, who are primarily interested in making some money with as little effort as possible. Nothing wrong with that, but that is what most of the business is like. And I'm sorry you almost ended up like your boss!
Definitely smarter than your average bear. Couldn't dumb them down if I poured half a dozen whiskeys down their gullet.
I like those ladies. Then still have the wear withall to put me in my place! ![]()
But one day, not soon enough BP, we're gonna test your professed size as far as being 'BigPapasan' and my little runt ass-attitude to a drinkin' deal.
Whatcha think?
Just a friendly get together. Mano a mano. Nice bottle of Scotch or Bourbon. Maybe two. Bucket of ice, if need be. Friends to egg us on.
Whattya think? I think it'll be fun! ![]()
Speaking as a woman with one degree and working on another…. I love this hobby of mine… I told one gentlemen who questioned my reasons for entering this line of work…I have chosen this yes of my own free will…imagine that.. He said I picked a hell of a hobby lol. The only aspect of this work I struggle with is the secrecy. Other, than that I have had some fantastic experiences and developed some very wonderful friendships….
Kisses,
Lexi
that not only are more educated women pursuing sex work, but more women are doing it while pursuing an education, especially since other work that provides flexibility and decent income has all but dried up. Moreover, many educated, successful women have been exposed to more liberal schools of thought (and dare I say, feminist values and leadership roles?) that are more conducive to sex work. And to state the obvious, I assume these types of women tend to have some experience with the business skills (marketing, branding, sales, etc.) that higher-end escorting demands.
Fortune 500 clients as a marketing/brand imaging consultant.
Then I became Tabu.
Sweet dreams are made of this!
Tabu of South Florida
Bascially many women, especially educated, affluent women, are making a rational decision to enter certain segments of the prostitution market.
High-end escorts and women who use the Internet to find clients represented high-quality illegal prostitution.
Also in this LA Weekly article "The Family Prostitute" at http://www.laweekly.com/2010-09-02/news/the-family-prostitute/ it seems more and more women are turning to the world's oldest profession to support their loved ones.
Reminds me of the CNBC documentatry "Dirty Money" at http://www.cnbc.com/id/26869953 which featured TER and a high-end courtesan who now UTR (Under the Radar).
Any comments ??