In theory, escorts are a paid companion, one pays the escort agency a set fee and the escort is your companion for the paid time. Usually, the escort will have sex with the client for an extra fee. At least that's the way it used to work.
The deal is generally sex, or some sexual play. An escort that tells you what languages she speaks is Sex. An escort that offers erotic massage is Sexual Play. An independent escort does not work for an agency and usually charges a single fee. An agency may or may not charge an agency fee + the girl's "tip".
Legally (in most places in the US) an escort cannot charge for sex, so they charge you for time. An example might look something like this:
Diana - sexy busty blonde, speaks French and Greek, $300 an hour.
There are also legitimate companion services who are only offering public companions. These ladies tend to be incredibly lovely, come in all ages, are intelligent and well educated. Single men hire them to go to public functions where being dateless lowers their status.
Well, yes it is illegal, but usually winked at. As with most "consensual crimes", the mid to high end is allowed, with the low (street level) being prohibited.
Welcome to the forum Jazzin. As Kimi pointed out, escorting isn't necessarily illegal, you paying someone to have sex with you is. You can hire an escort and have all the sex you want, so long as neither party discusses sex for money. Sure, it's a fig leaf, but if you engage in some other activity besides sex, there's nothing to prove that the sex wasn't simply a consensual act that evolved out of the time spent together on the other, paid-for activity. Since it doesn't happen in public view, prosecutors tend to let it slide unless somebody makes a fuss.
As far as the porn industry goes, the actors are being paid to portray sexual acts for the film, rather than one partner paying the other for sexual pleasure. The fact that the intent of the payment is different is why it's OK.
Which, among other things, makes about as much fucking sense to me as ... well... other things that make no fucking sense to me. (Sorry, I struggled too long for an analogy, it wasn't worth it.)
Point is, it costs an average of $30,000 USD per year to incarcerate someone in the federal prison system. More than half of those are in for nonviolent, consensual crimes, mostly drug offenses, granted, but still...supply and demand. It's human nature; given a choice, how many of us don't like to eat good food, catch a buzz, fuck, and sleep it off without worrying about Johnny Law busting in and saying "You can't smoke THAT!" "You can't put it in THAT hole!". Mind your own business!! Fucking moral high grounders can't stand that everyone doesn't want to live a life of denying themselves basic human pleasures just because it doesn't fit into their view of right and wrong.
There's so much hypocrisy in the world, it's really depressing me lately.
But oh, yeah, no, those sections of the yellow pages might as well say PROSTITUTES. But that, of course, is illegal, and you have had the 'difference' explained to you!
Can you imagine how much money and lives we'd save in the U.S. if we would just adopt a more modern and realistic attitude towards adult behavior, like say Amsterdam? It's not perfect, I know, but once you take the 'forbidden' taboo off of things, you don't have kids just dying to try it like I was -- oh, I'm not supposed to have that? Where can I get some?
It's not like us married guys don't PAY for PU$$Y every waking moment of our lives...
I'm awful feisty today. I think I'll lay low for a few, after this rage passes. TGIF !!!
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Posted - Aug 23 2003 : 6:19AM
When I was still married, my wife earned her own money, but I still got her A$$ for free...which safed me $$$ I could spend on escort girls I fancied for one reason or another.
With all the rest I agree: Legalize it! (State should fight rape, not porn and prostitution)
There was a lot of "back channelling" going on (people discussing things privately via e-mail rather than publicly on the forum). This defeated the purpose of the forum.