tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post6836756464414901285..comments2024-03-22T05:55:48.117-04:00Comments on The Pervocracy: Why I'm not a hooker.Cliff Pervocracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-26963119608431171632009-10-31T22:13:39.370-04:002009-10-31T22:13:39.370-04:00Re: Craigslist
I'm pretty sure there are auto...Re: Craigslist<br /><br />I'm pretty sure there are auto-responders that certain people use to spam every w4m or casual encounters ad. They seem to count on a success of 1 out of 1000 replies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-4822332759978538932009-10-27T22:53:36.228-04:002009-10-27T22:53:36.228-04:00Don, I don't really do the amateur version for...Don, I don't really do the amateur version for a few reasons: 1) sex is very physically demanding and doing it for free impedes my ability to do it at work; 2) The last thing I want to do after hours of having sex is to have more sex; and 3) I don't think it's fair for me to be with someone while I do this. These are all personal reasons!!<br /><br />Lush, you are absolutely right. When I said prostitution is legal in Canada, I should have mentioned all the confusing rules and regs associated. I work for an agency and do not do in-calls, making what I do specifically within the confines of the law. It's unfortunate the laws that do exist and although I won't go into a long rant on what I wish was legal, I can say that in-calls are MUCH safer than out-calls or street solicitation.Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-19764880337398857242009-10-27T15:14:06.822-04:002009-10-27T15:14:06.822-04:00Prostitution in Canada is legal in name only. The...Prostitution in Canada is legal in name only. The activities surrounding prostitution such as solicitation in public (which includes talking about your services on your cell phone)and working in a fixed location, a hotel or your own apartment, is illegal. <br /><br />You also have to work by yourself, because paying someone for protection or the work space is considered living off the avails and criminalizes them. <br /><br />So in reality it is actually very difficult to work legally as a sex worker. Granted, most sex workers bend the rules, to reduce isolation and cost and because our safety is at state if we work solo. <br /><br />Currently a Charter Challenge is being presented by three former/current sex workers to decriminalize the activities surrounding prostitution. This is an effort make work safer for the men and women involved and uphold Canada's human rights laws. <br /><br />Decriminalizing sex work is largely a labour issue. Sex workers have the right to work in a safe environment without fear of arrest or violence on the job.<br /><br />-lushLushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768029212870427933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-14062634503844672112009-10-27T12:46:20.294-04:002009-10-27T12:46:20.294-04:00Sarah, do you not do the amateur version because y...Sarah, do you not do the amateur version because you choose not to anymore, or is there something about your job that prevents it? I find this fascinating. A lot of grumpy libertarians like me think prostitution should be legal in the U.S., but I don't really have any experience with how things actually work.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-4861680080495998662009-10-26T19:26:30.552-04:002009-10-26T19:26:30.552-04:00I'm an escort (in Canada, where it's legal...I'm an escort (in Canada, where it's legal). The fact is, the men I see are paying for me to be there but they are also paying for me to leave. Women who "give it away for free" are doing something so very different from what I'm doing. <br /><br />And I kinda miss the "giving it away for free" part.Sarahhttp://sheisherselfshedoesitall.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-64029135484607941392009-10-26T16:00:25.937-04:002009-10-26T16:00:25.937-04:00Monkey hooker!Monkey hooker!Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11545875839887483257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-68640363216850142022009-10-26T13:50:37.708-04:002009-10-26T13:50:37.708-04:00Maybe Mary Jane next door is like a free hooker, b...<i>Maybe Mary Jane next door is like a free hooker, but it's pretty offensive to say that Mary Jane your live-in girlfriend of three years is like a free hooker.</i><br /><br />Except in that non-zero sense, she <b>is</b> like a hooker. She's a source for sex. Which means if Bobby Lane is getting some there, some statistical percentage of Bobby Lanes will forgo seeking sex with prostitutes.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-91408065647117179142009-10-26T11:56:26.578-04:002009-10-26T11:56:26.578-04:00And yet . . . I'm no expert, but I've read...And yet . . . I'm no expert, but I've read that there IS statistical evidence that it was a lot more common and a lot more expected that young men would visit "houses of ill repute" in the days when premarital sex with marriageable women without the exchange of money was a lot less acceptable.<br /><br />It's only a correlation, but it does suggest that there's an effect.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-91150537010345160922009-10-26T11:33:05.033-04:002009-10-26T11:33:05.033-04:00Don - Man, I know that guy too. He got fired from...Don - Man, I know that guy too. He got fired from the gun shop for being snotty to the people who didn't come in as flawlessly educated as he was. Idiots are one thing, but when you start making fun of well-intentioned people who are just new to shooting, it's time for you to get a job where you can have a little more humility.<br /><br />Hookers and sluts may be the same to some guys, but the Freakonomics dudes aren't just talking about women who do random dudes off Craigslist (an activity which burned even me out rather fast as it can make you <i>feel</i> like an unpaid whore too)--they're talking about women who have "friends with benefits" or even women who have premarital sex with their boyfriends!<br /><br /><i>More than 70% of the men in his generation have sex before they marry, compared with just 33% in the earlier generation.<br />So premarital sex emerged as a viable substitute for prostitution. And as the demand for paid sex decreased, so too did the wage of the people who provide it.</i><br /><br />Maybe Mary Jane next door is like a free hooker, but it's pretty offensive to say that Mary Jane your live-in girlfriend of three years is like a free hooker.Cliff Pervocracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-29068741733809220222009-10-26T11:12:52.611-04:002009-10-26T11:12:52.611-04:00I didn't read your link to the Freakonomics gu...I didn't read your link to the Freakonomics guys, but they may have a point. <br />First, if the man involved *perceives* sex with Mary Jane next door as "free," then the result to an economist is the same as if it were free--the hooker has to compete with the customer's perception, not reality.<br /><br />Second, if the man involved understands the difference you're talking about (reference Charlie Sheen's famous observation that he didn't have to pay hookers to get laid, he had to pay hookers to get laid without stalking or strings attached) he still has a choice to make between paying money and going the barter route. The women willing to barter sexual pleasure only in exchange for reciprocal sexual pleasure are still in competition with her, and they don't have cash flow or overhead issues (her willingness to make a deal is tied to her ability to eat and keep the lights on, while if they don't find a "deal" they think is good enough, they can forego sex indefinitely, and many do. That might not be ideal, but they won't starve or freeze.)<br /><br />Besides, gun nuts all know someone who thought he'd be great at selling guns because he loves guns. My dad did it for a few years . . . it was his dream . . . now he's over it. We have a saying that goes something like, "If you love something, think twice before you make it your job." See Tamara por ejemplo.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.com