Why don’t escorts post anymore?

[David Feckem]

I treat women very well.

That's nice though irrelevant. I was referring to engaging with your online persona.

[joe00]

Don't feed the troll! You saw what happened to that other thread...

You came along and derailed it predictably.

[David Feckem]

K.. I'll take your word for it lad.

The piece you gave seemed to me to be feminist. The girls I know that work in this biz do so because they want to. They don't have to enjoy it "ecstatically", but its certainly not as dour as the message that comes from this girls tweet about reviews. Most of the good escorts like the review system, so long as the review is good... obviously..

It's not the work side of the business I was referring to. She also seems to enjoy that despite being a feminist
She has loads of good reviews and not one bad one as far as I can see. My point was, do many escorts actually enjoy engaging with clients on a forum like this? Judging by the small numbers who post my guess is, not really. It was just a subject I thought might be interesting.

[alcatel]

The greatest threat to sex workers health, safety and mental wellbeing is the legal limbo they exist in and the oppobrium and lack of respect they face from society in general, even if it is their choice to choose this life as the bestway they may have of making a reasonable living. Being left open to possible danction if two work together does not add to their safety if they end up working alone. Being fearful of dealing with police because of their unclear status in society does not add to their health, safety or mental wellbeing.
Potentially having their earnings confiscated as well as phones or computers does not add to their health, safety or mental wellbeing. Being asked /requested to leave a hotel or apartment, late in the evening by police, does not add to their health safety or mental wellbeing.
By increasingly penalising their work by eg criminalising clients and potentially driving it more underground does not add to their health, safety or mental wellbeing.
Perhaps you might also feel like addressing the very, big, fat elephant in the room of their unclear legal status actually affecting their health safety and mental wellbeing.

[Wolverine]

Can't blame the ladies for not posting with the self righteous , condescending behavior of some clients.
I find it particularly annoying when a lady whose first language isn't english has the piss taken out of her for a simple mistake (syntax error).
Saw it happen only earlier on today. It's no wonder they get pissed off and give up.

[alcatel]

It's not the work side of the business I was referring to. She also seems to enjoy that despite being a feminist
She has loads of good reviews and not one bad one as far as I can see. My point was, do many escorts actually enjoy engaging with clients on a forum like this? Judging by the small numbers who post my guess is, not really. It was just a subject I thought might be interesting.

Most avoid it because they avoid dealing with confrontational characters, one of which you are, and just get on with their own affairs .

[Dalton23]

I’ve seen it asked frequently lately.
Some tweets from a sex worker on twitter who I should add has never advertised here, not about this forum, one in another country. In case it has a bearing, she’s young, very sexy, very popular and successful, a mix of Russian and another nationality. Any thoughts on her opinions?


The greatest threat to sex workers safety, anonymity, health and mental well being in my opinion are review boards.
I think the review board culture is misogynistic, racist, classist and fundamentally opposes everything I believe in as a feminist.
The way in which WOC, POC, trans and queer workers are spoken about on these review boards disturbs me to no end.
But, in my opinion, the most disturbing part is I believe the men on these forums enjoy the pain or sadness they cause workers.
The thing I hate the most is that men have taken away power from workers to choose whether to participate in these boards.
They have made these boards gain enough traction to validate or invalidate a workers "worth" as defined by their subjective experience
So where has thus misogynistic practice lead too? Workers being forced to tolerate this behaviour for fear of losing income.
So, if workers oppose this dehumanisation & scrutiny, they can't do anything about it because of the power imbalance between client/worker
You are aiding patriarchal oppression, marginalising already marginalised people - all literally because you've chosen to fuck as a hobby.
whorephobia, whoreachial behaviour, drug shaming, mental health shaming.

Feminist eh.......

Here is a link to her page.

She seems like a bit of a nut job

[David Feckem]

The greatest threat to sex workers health, safety and mental wellbeing is the legal limbo they exist in and the oppobrium and lack of respect they face from society in general, even if it is their choice to choose this life as the bestway they may have of making a reasonable living. Being left open to possible danction if two work together does not add to their safety if they end up working alone. Being fearful of dealing with police because of their unclear status in society does not add to their health, safety or mental wellbeing.
Potentially having their earnings confiscated as well as phones or computers does not add to their health, safety or mental wellbeing. Being asked /requested to leave a hotel or apartment, late in the evening by police, does not add to their health safety or mental wellbeing.
By increasingly penalising their work by eg criminalising clients and potentially driving it more underground does not add to their health, safety or mental wellbeing.
Perhaps you might also feel like addressing the very, big, fat elephant in the room of their unclear legal status actually affecting their health safety and mental wellbeing.

To address that elephant, I'm in favour of decriminalising sex work here. She works in Australia where sex laws vary from state to state but in the majority escorting is legal.

[alcatel]

To address that elephant, I'm in favour of decriminalising sex work here. She works in Australia where sex laws vary from state to state but in the majority escorting is legal.

If she is unhappy with reviews she can refuse to accept them.
If she is unhappy with sex work she can choose to exit it.

[MidlifeCrisis]

I think she is articulate and smart - she certainly does not come across as an extreme feminist.

I have been told by quite a few escorts that they don't engage in the forums because it is so easy to get involved in hostile or unpleasant exchanges. This escort's description is not a million miles from our forum on a bad day. There are plenty of decent, well-intentioned posters, but it doesn't take many jerks to make the forum seem unwelcoming to escorts.