can you ever be happy being a prostitute?

[sexiruskiee]

my friend likes to call herself an escort but really she is a prostitute for one of londons top agencies.She says she is happy with her job and the luxuries that go with it. But I don't believe her. Can someone REALLY be HAPPY being an escort?

[dot.hawkes]

It is Illegal, if you can't do the time don't do the crime, she must spend alot of time in the GUM clinic too, which seems non-productive. tell her to get a proper job, what does she put on the census return? Oh and when has a pimp been called a 'top agencies', do you understand the truth?

[nannon]

i would never be personally but i guess eveyone is different. An escort can be someone who JUST goes on dates... but i think more likely that its just another name for a prostitute!!

[jiggy-gb]

I hope she pays her income tax and NI contributions!

[neo.]

i will give you a fiver ruskie.......thats for all night, mind you

[B00]

Why can't she be happy doing it? It is just a job afterall, and ruddy well paid apparently!

My advise? If she's happy, leave her be, it's not your job as a friend to question it.

[Goodsoulette]

I thought it was just the soliciting for sex part that was illegal. Im not sure how you go about paying for sex without doing this though?

Of course you can be happy being a prostitute.

[smudge]

If your friend says she's happy doing what she does for a living & as long as she isn't hurting anyone on the way, then so be it.

The only thing that would annoy me about anyone earning mega bucks, is if they weren't paying Tax & N.I. like the rest of us (well most of us anyway)!

Apart from that it's not really anyone else's business!

[smudge]

Not sure about the legalities of prostituion or escorting though. Never looked into it!

[stokeace]

if i was a woman id be the richest woman alive....you lot are sittimg on a fortune lol

[beryllium]

In London she should be commanding �240. ph.....

[Buenchico]

Firstly, let me correct Dot. It's not illegal to be a prostitute. It's only illegal to 'solicit' for sexual services. 'Escorts' don't do this and they are acting entirely within the law (as are those people who use their services).

I know the boss an escort agency. It's not some shady 'pimp' but an extremely attractive and intelligent business-woman, who is well-respected by everyone she meets and whose love for her young daughter shines from her eyes. Both she, and her staff, seem perfectly happy in their work.

Of course, there are some women who are forced into prostitution by their drug addiction. Some of them are obviously unhappy about what they do but others are perfectly relaxed about their occupation. i.e. it's simply a way of making a living. (I used to run a railway station, on the edge of the town's red light district and, while working night shifts, I got to know many of the 'girls'. I heard some sad stories but I also met many women who wouldn't change their lifestyle for anything. Incidentally, not one of them had a 'pimp'. They were all 'free agents').

Everyone's attitudes are different. As a balding male in his mid-fifties, the chances of me making a fortune from selling my body are minimal but, if the opportunity arose, I'd be perfectly happy to do so. I find it hard to believe that some women don't share the same view.

Chris