I have an email buddy who has mentioned a couple times in our correspondence that he uses prostitutes and escorts.
We've never met but photographic evidence suggests that he is attractive and our emails lead me to believe that he is reasonably well off, responsible and quite entertaining. I am sure there's baggage, but there are no immediate indicators that make me think he couldn't get a girlfriend if he wanted one.
Clearly he wants to get laid and using an escort/prostitute means he is on a promise and doesn't have to try very hard, if at all. Finding a girlfriend involves speculation and the risk of rejection, plus ultimately the chance to not get laid.
I have mixed feelings about the, supposed, oldest profession. A part of me thinks why not? It is simply fulfilling a market need. But part of me feels that it's just laziness on the part of the procurer and that they simply can't be bothered to invest the time or energy in courting a partner. Plus, I think it's likely that the judgement made on a woman paying a male escort would be much more negative than a man paying a woman, so that just pisses me off on principle. Plus, a woman would presumably find it harder to make that transaction in the first place given that "the norm" is for men to be seeking out female prostitutes.
Another friend ventured that it's all about choice and so he doesn't have a problem with it. But it really isn't about choice if you are female - you only have to peruse the back pages of The Voice to know it's yet another male dominated domain. Also, the women on the low end of the prostitute spectrum - the whores rather than the high class escorts - may not have much choice in the matter to begin with.
Even if the entire market was run fairly, prostitutes were paid reasonably and had decent working conditions etc etc, I still feel that it would encourage people to be lazy and to avoid taking emotional risks. It's like ordering take out every night instead of going to the supermarket and then preparing a meal. The former being a quick fix solution which costs more money and is ultimately bad for your health.
My bottom line is that I wouldn't feel comfortable in the company of someone I was having to pay to show up.
How do you feel about it Date Machiners?
Prostitutes - yay or nay?
Here are some I made earlier:
The female orgasm
Fabulous at 40, the reprise
Slim, petite or average?
Losing Momentum
How do you get ready for a date?
I need you
Heartache or just another real estate opportunity?
This is a Hot Man Trivet. Sexy huh?