I’ve Seen My Share of Spitzers: The View From an Escort Service
Ms. Henderson is undoubtedly giving us an accurate description of high prostitution. However, this market segment is only a very tiny fraction of the sex for hire trade. We all have an idea of the degradation at the bottom end from the newspapers, TV shows and even casual observation on the streets.
I suspect the majority of call girls operate in the middle ground making 50-100k a year. These women have to endure the same potential humiliations and degradations as high end girls without the compensation. I am sure that they seldom have the opportunity to marry the rich and powerful because frankly they seldom have them as clients. They are far more likely to either end up on the streets or end up in the bottom half of the income distribution as they age out and lose their looks.
Prostitution is not pretty and although I have no real problem with women who choose this life operating as independent providers I remain convinced that legalization of corporate prostitution would be a major societal mistake.
