Comments on: What’s In A Name?

By: JG

JG — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:55:35 +0000

Amanda,
Interesting reading your comment and I’m sorry that someone seems to have been mean and impolite enough to upset you so much that you thought it necessary to point out the obvious. Perhaps you could point out some other issues, namely:
- Escorts, generally, are much more concerned about health and hygiene than are lamppost-hugging sisters (LHS),
- Escorts, generally, are mentally and psychologically much better balanced than are their LHS.
-Escorts, generally, are intellectually more sophisticated than their LHS, so can, and do, offer an interesting and entertaining experience, as well as an exciting and stimulating one.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:36:20 +0000

That’s just it though. It clarifies what we do. We know what we are, we know what we do, but we get accused of hiding behind the word. As if we are ashamed of what we do. There are some people who get quite irate about what we call ourselves and I think we are just trying to use a word which covers all angles of the job. There is a poster on punternet forum who absolutely refuses to use anything other than the word prostitute and there are days when he is quite obviously wielding it like a hammer. If a window cleaner can call themselves a ‘vision technician’ then I think we should be able to call ourselves whatever we like, don’t you?

By: Alexa

Alexa — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:28:11 +0000

I think the term escort is more appropriate because the “prostitute” in this case actually IS willing to “escort” the client to dinner, a function of some type, or any other place he wants to take her. The street worker isn’t going to do that. So the work does involve much more than just sex and therefore “prostitute” is too narrow for what we do.