Ever been with, or been, a prostitute?

i was propositioned, not once but twice, standing outside of one of my college dorms (yes, indcidently, on the corner. it was apparently a high-traffic area for that kind of thing.) so while i've never been a whore, i've at least looked like one.

I was once offered money for a blowjob on Charing Cross Road. I politely declined. And walked away very quickly.

that crazy gareth and his late night antics

I once hired a fake prostitute for real sex :((

and another time, a real prostitute but for fake sex :(((((

giving or receiving?

xpost to matt

Years ago I found this site by following a link from somewhere else and it completely fucking blew my mind. www.punternet.com. There are A LOT of people out there visiting prostitutes. Link probably NSFW.

Also, engaging in sexual acts with a stripper counts. I personally know at least 3 men who have done this and doubt any of them would answer yes if asked if they'd been with a prostitute.

There used to be (well, still is, in some quarters) the idea that nice girls *don't* have sex at all. Therefore visiting prostitutes was an item for manliness, showing that you were having sex. I think that it's much more acceptible these days, the idea that even nice girls can and do have sex - with the advent of free love, as it were, the idea of having to *pay* for sex became more demeaning than the cache of having sex.

But I thought more men were visiting prostitutes these days? Or maybe they're just more honest about it? Or maybe I made the whole thing up?

NRQ - giving.

Also, I didn't really need a tenner that much.

but this was a tenner plus a wanger

one piece colonel's meal

It's been suggested there are more prostitutes in the UK these days, because of illegal people trafficking from the continent in the last 10 years. Guess this means the demand was there to meet this and/or has risen with it. Could all be spurious tho.

I reckon it's more acceptable and more common than, say, fifteen years ago

coming to our country, competing with our whores :(

xpost

I reckon it's more acceptable and more common than, say, fifteen years ago

conversely the conditions seem to have worsened for the girls brought over then forced into it. read this article and got really depressed/angry.

i've paid money to have sexual intercourse with a prostitute.

OK, that's one of the most depressing things I've read in a long time.

I guess I was wrong.

:'(

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/opinion/04herbert.html

i'm not being facetious but i think prostitution has become more formalized/professionalized if you will in modern times. i'm thinking of hogarth's london as the comparison.

Yeah Re: escorts versus prostitutes on the street.

with the advent of free love, as it were, the idea of having to *pay* for sex became more demeaning than the cache of having sex.

There are still circles where it's a point of bragadacchio - city boys, stereotypically the military. There was a time, even into the 20th century (maybe the turning point was post-WWII?), when it was acceptable or common for men of all walks of life to visit a prostitute to make themselves men.

But now, even if it's more common, it's generally not something men will be proud of or joke about, because needing to frequent a prostitute for actual sex (rub 'n' tugs perhaps a different issue) is seen as pathetic, there must be something deficient about you.

There was a time, even into the 20th century (maybe the turning point was post-WWII?), when it was acceptable or common for men of all walks of life to visit a prostitute to make themselves men.

My sense is that brothers used to be what titty bars are now -- questionable but acceptable.

brothels, not bruthas

Wow, what a Freudian slip!

Bro's before ho's.

Those rogue apostrophes are the most offensive thing on this thread.

i used to live with two 'escorts.' i'd drive them to their calls and wait and take them home. they usually just stripped or gave handjobs. sad, messed up girls. it was a low point in my life, being around that.

Andi should come forth with details.

I once hired a fake prostitute for real sex :((

You can rent blow-up dolls?!?

I once hired a fake prostitute for real sex

This is dangerously close to, I bought my wife a thingie and she gave me a beej, territory.

I've done it, don't see the big deal. I don't get people's hang-ups (a real one, not a fake one). I've enjoyed it the few times I've done it.

reminds me of a song

SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE
PROSTITUTE

-- Mr. Que, Tuesday, September 4, 2007 4:11 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

oh stone gato

then again, maybe people shouldn't admit this in public. it comes across as extremely creepy. xpost

the "i don't get people's hangups" excuse just, i dunno. it sounds like typical sex offender language.

I dunno, isn't that the logical extension of the majority (for ILX, anyway) sex-positive position? Personal choices aside, I suspect we mostly agree that sex should be safely (for both parties) available for hire, if there's a market for it in the first place?

Sex offender? Er.

That makes it sound like he's out molesting 8-year-old girls.

Well, there is the George Carlin argument: "Selling's legal. Fucking's legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal?"

yeah, i dunno. legal or not, guys who go to prostitutes would still give me crepe vibe.

Which is exactly why I thought it was a stupid question for ILX, b/c enough people are going to be judging each o. based on the responses that you're not likely to get an actual interesting discussion from it.

That makes it sound like he's out molesting 8-year-old girls.

-- libcrypt, Tuesday, September 4, 2007 7:12 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
yes, exactly, that is what it sounds like!

You can make a reasonable argument that prostitution is wrong, exploitative, and sexist, but it's far more tenuous to attempt to equate molestation with (soliciting) prostitution.

i'm just saying pedos use the same language to justify what they do.

They're on the same waterslide, eh?

"Babies are legal. Fucking is legal. Why isn't fucking babies legal?"

Yeah, bell, but I wd use the exact same language to defend lots of things from people who I think are wrong...? It's not like pedophiles have the market cornered on disagreeing w/ people about their opinions.

Where's nabisco when you need an OTM?

Ie "I don't understand people's hang-ups about shooting guns/swimming in deep water/heights. I've enjoyed shooting/swimming/free-climbing the few times I've done it."

Bill Magill = NS? (hi 1PE!)

This thread is interesting to read, but to get a wide array of straight answers it is better approached as poll material. btw, I have never been a prostitute or been with a prostitute, mainly because I find either possibility impossible to imagine myself doing, which tends to strangle the possibility before it ever could take on a tinge of reality.