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Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by ParoxysmalVigor » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:18 AM UTC

micromacrofoot wrote: post #93

ParoxysmalVigor wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Assassination. Burglary. Similar to abortion, people are going to do it whether or not it's legal. It will never have an "end". It's one of the oldest professions in human history.

You're seriously out here comparing consensual sex between two consenting adults to murder for hire? You can at least try to make a point in good faith first.

I never voiced my attitude towards legalization of prostitution. I addressed very specific weak argument.

Sorry, if you found my comment rude, i assure you that this was not my goal.

You used abortion there. I don't think we could get a consent from fetus, law just assumes that female parent have a power over it's life until some development point.

People consensually participate at gambling, dueling, pyramid schemes, become criplled drugs and alcohol addicts, selling themselves and they family to slavery, do suicide.

Nor consent, nor something being an old and persistent part of the human culture are good reasoning.

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by mikevm » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:28 AM UTC

eevilspock wrote: post #165

Yoric wrote: post #156

Very interesting article. Do I understand correctly that sex work is still illegal in the US? If so, what's the rationale? Why can't consenting adults do what they want with their body?

If a woman is poor, struggling to survive or trying to give a child a decent life in a society and economic system that is very sink or swim, do you consider it "consent" if she agrees to have sex with you so she can pay the rent, or have a decent meal, or buy the drugs she got hooked on dealing with depression and alienation, sold to her by a predatory drug dealer?

At least a woman can take the easy way out and become a prostitute. A man has no such "luxury". Society does not pity weak men the way it pities weak women.

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by BBC-vs-neolibs » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:29 AM UTC

lazide wrote: post #176

3grdlurker wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t think the author intended to talk about men as a class and all the politics that comes with it, and as a man I would hate for discussions about my gender’s politics to be based specifically on sexual transactions. I mean, she had to talk a lot about her own safety and boundaries here. Not a very good sign for me.

Safety and boundaries also come up with taxi drivers, day laborers, pizza delivery folks, and many others - and objectively they end up dead more often near as I can tell. Most folks here live pretty safe and cushy lives that the majority of humanity doesn’t get to enjoy. Real life for most people requires understanding and defending these things and making conscious decisions to protect them. it doesn’t require some…

I'd hope there are more "taxi drivers, day laborers, pizza delivery folks, and many others" which would account for the death tool.

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by shapefrog » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:31 AM UTC

slyall wrote: post #179

I posted a similar article by the same author a couple of years ago called "An Overly Analytical Guide to Camgirling" but it got flagged to death https://knowingless.com/2018/11/19/maximizing-your-slut-impa...

That was before onlyfans became the next hot tech unicorn.

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by kfprt » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:33 AM UTC

c21h30o2 wrote: post #184

kfprt wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are lots of bad things that arguably shouldn't be illegal but suppressed. Smoking, abortion, prostitution, drugs, etc. I think for society to fully embrace decriminalization there needs to be a diversion mechanism. Cigarettes have taxes and programs to quit. What would the prostitution equivalent be? "Something is either morally wrong or it isn't, it can't be slightly morally wrong" Therein lies the difficulty.…

> What would the prostitution equivalent be? Universal basic income

...I'm surprised I didn't immediately think of that.

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by ipsum2 » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:35 AM UTC

slyall wrote: post #179

I posted a similar article by the same author a couple of years ago called "An Overly Analytical Guide to Camgirling" but it got flagged to death https://knowingless.com/2018/11/19/maximizing-your-slut-impa...

HN is a fickle beast. My guess is that this post was marked by moderators manually to ignore flags.

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by Liriel » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:35 AM UTC

> I’ve been sexually assaulted on the job (which was sort of my mistake; this was the one guy who I thought I’d screened but actually hadn’t, and if I’d screened him I would have not met him)

No it wasn't your mistake. It hurts me to see that people who have been through trauma blame themselves for it.

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by bluecalm » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:36 AM UTC

It's very interesting to me that escorts are able to charge that much (possible to make a median wage in the area in a few hours of work) and still have as much space for demands (detailed screenings, choosing clients etc.). It seems to me that if men had that option, that is having sex with even not very attractive women (most male escorts do gay sex work) the prices would be 1/10 of what they are for women and only the most attractive guys would get any action nevertheless. Meanwhile even not exceptionally attractive women (by their own admission) can easily make a few hundred per hour and choose to meet with only reasonably attractive men!

I guess I am mainly surprised there aren't more takers. Sex work may be degrading and hard to swallow for many but then again working long hours in a minimum wage job often isn't much more appealing either.

Maybe it's about lack of information, maybe about fear or maybe I don't understand human nature as well as I think I do. It just seems to me there should be many more takers than there seemingly are.

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by shapefrog » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:37 AM UTC

JaggerFoo wrote: post #135

She forgot to follow up on the buttcrack hair comment as promised. "(more on buttcrack hairs later)." I imagined a graph of number of missed buttcrack hairs to the amount of light allowed in a session.

Given that light falls off at an inverse square rate do you plot the lumnes at source of light, centre of the bed or the observed light at the buttcrack?

If the later, how do you account for different distances from the light source durring a given session?

Re: Overly analytical guide to escorting

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Post by bluecalm » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 8:40 AM UTC

Liriel wrote: post #197

> I’ve been sexually assaulted on the job (which was sort of my mistake; this was the one guy who I thought I’d screened but actually hadn’t, and if I’d screened him I would have not met him) No it wasn't your mistake. It hurts me to see that people who have been through trauma blame themselves for it.

There is a difference between exposing yourself to too much risk and being responsible for what happens to you. She made a mistake and blames herself for that. It was her mistake. She doesn't blame herself for the assault itself just for putting herself in a dangerous situation. I mean, if you don't realize it's your fault to mess up the screening process you will never correct it. It's healthy to realize your mistake.