Article on journal.ie about escorting. Written by ruhama.

[philipkntz]

Hmmmm. I reading through the comments and came across this.





So what's the probability that the Andreaa video was a publicity stunt and the punters that called the phoneline were actors?

I certainly would not have made the connection between their bus shelter adverts and prostitution. I wonder were there any complaints to the advertising standards authority, ads are supposed to be legal, decent, and honest. Or maybe the general public are ok now with "in your face" prostitution advertising.
Also isn't advertising prostitution illegal in this country?

[TonyB]

I know it's easy to hate on Ruhama, but, they do, infact help trafficked people, which is far far more than I have ever done, I'd say most of the people on here have ever done, so there is that. I have never been trafficked or know what it's like to be constantly raped and abused and if Ruhama helped even 1 person out of that life it's done a good job.

They claim to help trafficked people.
Personally i think they are more about ensuring their own future funding than actually doing any good for anyone other than themselves.

You appear to have a lot of unfounded opinions based on hearsay and propaganda. Yet when I previously picked you up on one you ran away. I'm starting to wonder if you are someone with an agenda

[philipkntz]

From the article. The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre defines consent as “freely given, and an enthusiastic, clearly communicated and ongoing yes”
Personally, I go limp if there is any sign that the lady is less than enthusiastic about our coupling, and I have only had full sex with a small fraction of the escorts that I have met. A few escorts have actually been upset that I stopped short of having sex. One even threatened to shove her Hitachi wand where the sun don't shine if I ever came back.

[philipkntz]

They claim to help trafficked people.
Personally i think they are more about ensuring their own future funding than actually doing any good for anyone other than themselves.

You appear to have a lot of unfounded opinions based on hearsay and propaganda. Yet when I previously picked you up on one you ran away. I'm starting to wonder if you are someone with an agenda

I partly agree on the funding idea but they're really mainly interested in banning sex other that for in marriage procreation.
If they concentrated on helping coerced and trafficked persons and listened to the voice of consenting adults, they would still have their funding and the support of many on here too. We could even do a whip around at Christmas for them.

[ChaChaCharlie]

Honestly I'd be worried about anyone, whether that be punters, escorts, pimps or the public, who didn't want to help trafficked people.
So when an organization runs a large scale government funded publicity stunt under the auspice of helping trafficked people, and when the primary focus of that publicity stunt seems to be demonizing punters with trafficked people almost tagged on as an afterthought, then you have to wonder what their true motives are.
Ne pas?

[ChaChaCharlie]

[johndoe2]

Sam Slater, eh? did that bird use to act in Eastenders ?

[ChaChaCharlie]

Your constant petty attempts at hijacking threads are boorish and inane, Charles. I'll leave you to it.

[philipkntz]

Maybe it is because some clients are more than bad clients some are total psychos who once they pay think they have a right to do as they please you never can be 100% sure what type guy will be knocking on your door has to take it's toll mentally added to the feeling of being alone etc etc.....just look at the reviews alot of guys here judge escorts to be nothing more than commodoties to use so so wrong.....yeah it pisses me off to say the least.

Why is it always considered that the client might be a total psycho, its just as likely that the escort could be.

[Irishdanielle]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammyslater/
so from what I can see this woman who has a background in freelance writing and being a tv extra, after 1 year working with Rhuama feels as if she is qualified to speak for everyone who provides sex as a service.
There are way to many laughable points made here to even know where to begin.

""Genuine bodily autonomy involves sex that is mutually desired and collaborative""
I give clear consent and therefore desire(or want)everything that happens during a appointment. I accept a booking and continue to give consent the whole way through....from answering the phone, giving a time, giving a address....the whole way through the booking. As for "collaborative" the time always involves the client and myself, I've never yet had a appointment were I have not in some shape or form been involved actively in the entirety of the session.

"It was demoralising how clinical the contact ‘Andreea’ received from men was"
This point.......what is this point even trying to say.... clinical contact?? So does this mean that I have to deal with guys on the phone asking me about my week, or my feelings before they make a booking. Nope I'm good with "clinical". Time required, services required and location... it is very clear from this point that the writer of the article hasn't any experience of sex work or even been around many sex workers if she thinks we'd prefer a less "clincal" approch to contact.

"they viewed her as a tool for masturbatory use. Her preferences didn’t enter the conversation.Men talked as though their penises were cars that required ‘servicing’. Where is the bodily autonomy and ‘enthusiastic consent’ in this? "
Does she realise that yes this is a service. That's exactly what it is. Yes of course during a booking there is conversation, banter etc but it is a service we provide.
The next time I have to call a electrician to my house should I stop and ask him how he feels about exchanging his "skills" for something as shallow and insignificant as cash?
Yes I get that we are in essence "selling our bodies" as I'm sure will be pointed out, and yes I get that for some females (and males) this is something they couldn't do, but that's why there is only a small percent of people who do escort for a living. We do this because we can. Because we are ok having sex for financial purposes. We can separate sex and emotions. I've had sex many times in my life outside of work for much less of a reward than I get from providing this now as a service.

I'm sick of seeing the "financial/economic pressures used as a the reason we do this therefore it's not by choice....I call bullshit...... who would genuinely do their job if they could afford not to.. Yes maybe some people would but i would imagine it's a small minority.

I cannot wait for the day I open a link to see that the journal or some other media outlet has printed a balanced, fair, two sided conversation about this issue