The Renegade Evolution….

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… poses an excellent question that needs to be discussed here as well.

“What’s the Plan?

Okay, so, curious and all, as someone in the wider monolith of the sex industry, in the here and now, within this here capitalist society, and all that stuff we are currently living with (and shows NO sign of really changing), what IS your solution? I mean, there is no magic wand you can wave that will make the sex industry GO AWAY. So, yeah, I have a few questions…

How are you going to make it go away?

What happens to all the people currently in the business then? Who finds them new jobs? Who trains them? Who pays for these things, along with their other expenses?

How does denying them basic human and legal rights and safe working conditions now help sex workers in the future, and oh yeah, what about those sex workers in the here and now? Are they acceptable losses or something?

What, exactly, is YOUR plan? How does it work? How do you propose to overthrow patriarchy, capitalism and the sex industry? How do you intend to modify culture, education, and stereotypes? When is this going to happen? What about the folk who don’t want your help?

Thanks RE!

Sex Rings all over

Good ol’ corruption. It isn’t just for breakfast! 

No Piece of A$$…

There is an argument that often comes up on forums to which a variety of escorts contribute (review boards, community forums, etc.). The argument can come from escorts themselves or from clients. It is exactly as the title of this post reads: “No piece of ass is worth x.”

I often wonder why people have such a hard time believing that somebody can charge what we high-end escorts charge for our time and companionship. The truth is, people pay us. I don’t garner as much as some ladies do in this profession, but I do well for myself.

Having become somewhat jaded in this endeavor, I expect to see this argument from clients who can’t afford me. I also expect to see it from escorts who don’t believe we actually get what we charge. But it is interesting to see this argument from so-called feminists.

No- according to these people, our ability to garner the income we do is attributed to pimps. Of course we couldn’t be smart enough to charge x amount- only a pimp could get that for us. After all, we’re just whores, right? Perhaps. But this reasoning rests on the premise that pimps are smarter than we are.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, ladies. 😉

“But great cities are full of women who can earn their next meal by raising their skirts. It is the ones who keep you in thrall to more than their snatches who command the houses and the gowns to go with them. And for that they have to first love themselves.”

–Bucino, In the Company of the Courtesan

Blog excerpts several writings from sex workers

belledame222 has compiled several excerpts from many different perspectives on sex work and sex woker advocacy. Way too much to re-post here, follow the link.