Comments on: Whorearchy

By: Nina Sastri - Sapiosexual Sophian Siren

Nina Sastri - Sapiosexual Sophian Siren — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:23:57 +0000

depends on the court and on the exact accusations. If it is about taxes, which it is most often, then yes – distinctions do matter. If this is in a country where prostitution is illegal and you get caught !! doing something illegal, then it is a different matter. I assume it all depends on how you get caught. I have heard of cases being dismissed for several reasons.

By: Maxine Doogan

Maxine Doogan — Mon, 20 May 2013 06:37:12 +0000

Say there Nina, have you witnessed in a court of law how someone defending her/his self in a prostitution case has successfully used the said legal definitions of an escort as you described to be acquitted of prostitution charges?

By: By Any Other Name | The Agitator

By Any Other Name | The Agitator — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:15:05 +0000

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By: Nina Sastri - The Sophian Siren

Nina Sastri - The Sophian Siren — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:37:17 +0000

Hi Maggie, I agree with your article on all notions, when it comes to the perceived superiority of some versus the others. What you are referring here are legal aspects of the marketing. An escort IS legally speaking serving different boundaries than someone who sells sex. Of course we all know that this is just semantics and escorts also have sex with their clients. (ja ja) but speaking in legal determinations she does not “sell sex”. That makes a different code of conduct, because it serves as legal protection agains the peruse of making selling sex illegal. AN escort sells time and can`t be legally sued for selling sex. So – again – legally speaking – those terms make sense for protection. Semantically speaking that an escort IS a whore and a whore is a whore as well, I agree with you. But for tax purposes I don`t

By: Nina Sastri - The Sophian Siren

Nina Sastri - The Sophian Siren — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:36:59 +0000

Yes, such hierarchies exist, at least in the brain of people. I am sick an tired of it. Most of the time it is escorts that have no clue of the business looking down on others. Because once you start to interact with others in the buz, you realize it is indeed all just semantics. In Europe the streetworkers are the ones , who are seen as lowest in the so called hierarchy of values, and the expensive prostitutes are the “highest”. Of course, as you say, the distinction is never easy, since transgressions are made, too. A luxury escort can as well work at different circumstances for lower rates doing incalls, and as well advertise as travel luxury companion. But, generally speaking, hierarchies are noticed. What strikes me specially is that many look down on streetworkers as the “lowest” and most unbearable form of escorting. It strikes me because many streetworkers do not even offer real sex, they “fake” it, specially in Germany. The more a client pays, the more easy it seems to get unsafe sex practices as well, speaking of bareback and similarly related issues (CIM, anal intercourse, etc. and other high risk behaviours). So, I wonder what is more important? Health or Stigma . I sometimes shake my head in wonder…. (giggle)

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:42:14 +0000

If you already own something, why would you need to engage in bullying or anything else to get it? You already have it. Now, you might have to get rough with somebody in order to keep it, but if the weaker guy is taking what’s yours, then the weaker guy is the aggressor, and you should (as Maggie put it) do only as much “beating up” as necessary.

By: Ariane

Ariane — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:15:41 +0000

Hi Laura, yes but I avoid using my civil name to protect my privacy.
First because of stigma my parents were horrified, because I was taking up a different career that makes them not very proud. For good reasons I decided to stop my unhappy academic career and I practiced so called respected professions for a while with no or very low income. To become self-employed fitted perfecty to me I found out. Its a long story and different motives how I came to this idea to work as a whore and a vital issue in relationships and friendships. Over the years i.e. parents and sisters found their ways to deal with it, with my promise in mind to take good care of myself. My proactive approach and political commitment around human rights issues did not happen over night but has accompanied me since my childhood. Sex education has been always an issue in my life since my youth. In my sexworker life different interests come together. I have always believed in my different professions either I do a good job and every reason to be proud of or I won’t do it and leave. There are lots of sex workers out there who drop their masks to fight for their rights. A small group or some individuals is required to speak openly to the public and to enter constructive negotiations backed by a coalition of the silent majority of sex workers, allies and clients. Its not necessary to demand outings and forced outings should be avoided. In case of public activism you should know that not so many clients feel attracted to active sex workers but only a few who can manage different activities of the whole human package he he … because playful illusions and the projection surface of a callgirl disappears and usually don’t function together with stand up and feminism. Politics is unsexy even it is not playing a greater role during the concrete encounter.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:44:12 +0000

Dear Ariane, if you don’t mind my asking does your above comment (“together with my loved ones, etc.”) mean you’re fully “out” to everyone?

By: comixchik

comixchik — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:46:13 +0000

Sorry I got in so late on this one.

I actually knew porn actresses who considered themselves much better than prostitutes, because as they saw it, they were paid not for sex, but for an erotic performance.

The way I saw it was this: in porn I was having sex with other people paid to have sex, and in prostitution I was having sex with people paying to have sex. Either way, I was being paid for sex.

Now sure, there are differences, As a whore you work a lot more, with much less talented people, and you still have to give them a good experience. In a lot of ways, it’s harder work.

But the fine distinctions of the whorearchy are endless. Sure, there’s the call girls are better than street walkers division, we’re all familiar with that. There’s also though, finer and finer divisions within segments. I had GFE girls look down on me for being PSE. I also met people who saw it the other way.

At the end of the day, you do what you’re capable of, and what you are comfortable with. And you be the judge.