The impacts of sex work

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Thank you!

I would love to hear from sw who have left the industry and the mental impact this has had on them?
 
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Thank you!

I would love to hear from sw who have left the industry and the mental impact this has had on them?
yeah same, I have been looking at the other thread but it seems to only be (so far as I have seen0 very highly paid women who have had a positive experience, would be interesting to see if there were any other perspectives
 
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I would also like to know the likelihood of getting the high paid work & how long it lasts. How many sweaty old men do you go through before the generous one comes along

My issue with all this is that it seems some young women think this is the fastest route to easy money.
 
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Lurker here but came across the SW thread, didn't post anything as I'm a former SW and have nothing good to say about it all sadly.

So I originally got into sw when I was 18 and started off quite tame, webcams and chat etc, nothing major or so I believed. I was attracted by the opportunity to make money in all honesty, it sounds ridiculous but I didn't really want to work and thought it would be easy. I feel angry about it all now because needless to say I didn't really have anyone in my life looking out for me to say "hang on, what are you doing?"

Some regulars were fine, respectful (as much as they can be) and tipped well and knew where the line was. Unfortunately a few creeps would constantly cross the line and try and arrange meetings, track down my personal social media and threaten to out me to friends and family if I didn't play ball.

Anyway... I moved into escorting and joined an agency at 21. I was VERY naïve and of course it was painted as this glamorous life - it isn't. The escorting involved sleeping with clients every few nights. I was exhausted and could barely function and got by on drink and drugs tbh. There's no support and it is a very lonely experience. A few girls I was close to took their own life as they didn't see a way out. No one cared as they were "prostitutes" and just a number. There's a few websites out there that rate escorts and although I was doing this and in the industry, I couldn't quite believe the way men would speak about us. Like, we're escorts. You're not having a standard, normal sexual experience with us, you know? The way they'd review women turns your stomach, and it was at that point it kinda hit me that these men don't see us as human.

I could go on but this is already long, I am 29 now and left the industry at 25. I've struggled to have a normal relationship since then and have PTSD which I am working through and a lot better now. What I want to say... All these girls on only fans etc, it's really a tiny part of the industry and the reality is, it's people like me and foreign girls who barely speak a word of English who are taken advantage of. I believed getting into SW was my choice but looking back, the clients are the ones who hold all the power. Please remember people like us when you talk about sw being empowering and good for woman. It really isn't for the majority of us.
 
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@katyazamo

Sorry to hear this. The only “comfort” is that you can be thankful that you got out and can rebuild your life

Do you mean the punters rated the escorts they paid for - sexually?

Like a trust pilot review?
 
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@katyazamo

Sorry to hear this.

Do you mean the punters rated the escorts they paid for sexually?
Thank you, I'm doing well now and yes I did make money but it wasn't worth it. Yeah there's a few forum sites dedicated to rating escorts and massage parlours and the like. They'd mention things like "the girl was clearly spaced out on drugs", well yeah the reality is that most of them are. The men don't care though, they're in and out in an hour. I pity those men now.
 
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That’s awful.

We’re they mostly older men? Married? Did you get any insight into why they were there? Was it all sexual only?

So many questions - thank you for being open.
 
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Lurker here but came across the SW thread, didn't post anything as I'm a former SW and have nothing good to say about it all sadly.

So I originally got into sw when I was 18 and started off quite tame, webcams and chat etc, nothing major or so I believed. I was attracted by the opportunity to make money in all honesty, it sounds ridiculous but I didn't really want to work and thought it would be easy. I feel angry about it all now because needless to say I didn't really have anyone in my life looking out for me to say "hang on, what are you doing?"

Some regulars were fine, respectful (as much as they can be) and tipped well and knew where the line was. Unfortunately a few creeps would constantly cross the line and try and arrange meetings, track down my personal social media and threaten to out me to friends and family if I didn't play ball.

Anyway... I moved into escorting and joined an agency at 21. I was VERY naïve and of course it was painted as this glamorous life - it isn't. The escorting involved sleeping with clients every few nights. I was exhausted and could barely function and got by on drink and drugs tbh. There's no support and it is a very lonely experience. A few girls I was close to took their own life as they didn't see a way out. No one cared as they were "prostitutes" and just a number. There's a few websites out there that rate escorts and although I was doing this and in the industry, I couldn't quite believe the way men would speak about us. Like, we're escorts. You're not having a standard, normal sexual experience with us, you know? The way they'd review women turns your stomach, and it was at that point it kinda hit me that these men don't see us as human.

I could go on but this is already long, I am 29 now and left the industry at 25. I've struggled to have a normal relationship since then and have PTSD which I am working through and a lot better now. What I want to say... All these girls on only fans etc, it's really a tiny part of the industry and the reality is, it's people like me and foreign girls who barely speak a word of English who are taken advantage of. I believed getting into SW was my choice but looking back, the clients are the ones who hold all the power. Please remember people like us when you talk about sw being empowering and good for woman. It really isn't for the majority of us.
thank you so much for this candid review, I don't know if you hav read the other SW thred here... what do you think is the reason for the different opinions?I head always throought your esperience was the most experience but in the other thradt it is jst very glabourised
 
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Lurker here but came across the SW thread, didn't post anything as I'm a former SW and have nothing good to say about it all sadly.

So I originally got into sw when I was 18 and started off quite tame, webcams and chat etc, nothing major or so I believed. I was attracted by the opportunity to make money in all honesty, it sounds ridiculous but I didn't really want to work and thought it would be easy. I feel angry about it all now because needless to say I didn't really have anyone in my life looking out for me to say "hang on, what are you doing?"

Some regulars were fine, respectful (as much as they can be) and tipped well and knew where the line was. Unfortunately a few creeps would constantly cross the line and try and arrange meetings, track down my personal social media and threaten to out me to friends and family if I didn't play ball.

Anyway... I moved into escorting and joined an agency at 21. I was VERY naïve and of course it was painted as this glamorous life - it isn't. The escorting involved sleeping with clients every few nights. I was exhausted and could barely function and got by on drink and drugs tbh. There's no support and it is a very lonely experience. A few girls I was close to took their own life as they didn't see a way out. No one cared as they were "prostitutes" and just a number. There's a few websites out there that rate escorts and although I was doing this and in the industry, I couldn't quite believe the way men would speak about us. Like, we're escorts. You're not having a standard, normal sexual experience with us, you know? The way they'd review women turns your stomach, and it was at that point it kinda hit me that these men don't see us as human.

I could go on but this is already long, I am 29 now and left the industry at 25. I've struggled to have a normal relationship since then and have PTSD which I am working through and a lot better now. What I want to say... All these girls on only fans etc, it's really a tiny part of the industry and the reality is, it's people like me and foreign girls who barely speak a word of English who are taken advantage of. I believed getting into SW was my choice but looking back, the clients are the ones who hold all the power. Please remember people like us when you talk about sw being empowering and good for woman. It really isn't for the majority of us.
You’re better than that, you got out, you’re powerful and can do whatever you want in life always remember that x
 
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thank you so much for this candid review, I don't know if you hav read the other SW thred here... what do you think is the reason for the different opinions?I head always throought your esperience was the most experience but in the other thradt it is jst very glabourised
All the girls I knew were working by the hour so from my own experience, I'd say that was the most common too. A lot of it goes so unnoticed too. I thought I was in a better situation because I could charge more per hour as I was a UK native (men will pay less for foreign girls because they can get away with it) and not working out of a brothel but really, the men don't care.

The other thread is a bit of a tough read because women making tens of thousands of pounds just isn't common. The vast majority of girls are not living life like secret diary of a call girl. You are VERY aware of your situation in that you need to play nice with the men because if you don't, who knows what will happen. In my experience most of the men were absolutely fine, and the usual punters did respect your boundaries. But at the end of the day, you're being paid for sex and they just see you as an object. Of course you got some weirdos too who thought they could get you do to anything because they were the client.

I was relying on men to turn up so I could pay my bills first of all, but also pay my agency and stay in their good books. Some women in sw will tell you it's all very empowering but not in my case, I did it because I wanted to make a quick buck and thought I didn't have any other options. I didn't really care about sex, it was easy, but there's nothing empowering about it.

That’s awful.

We’re they mostly older men? Married? Did you get any insight into why they were there? Was it all sexual only?

So many questions - thank you for being open.
If you think of the stereotypical man who would see escorts, that's basically it. They tended to be in their 40s and always married of course. You did get some younger guys who might have been travelling for work and just wanted a bit of company. Not necessarily all sexual, sometimes the men would just want company but to that I always thought, you'd be better off paying for a therapist lol.

Like I say I pity the married men. They should really have looked at the relationship they had with their wives to try and figure out what went wrong. Some escorts thought they were "helping" marriages but I found it gross. The way some men could just nip out for an hour like nothing had happened...ruined my trust in men.

Some people will say ah but women also pay for sex, and guys with disabilities and so on, but i don't think I ever came across a female client and guys with disabilities were once in a blue moon. Have to be honest, it's a certain type of man that uses escorts.
 
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The other thread is a bit of a tough read because women making tens of thousands of pounds just isn't common. The vast majority of girls are not living life like secret diary of a call girl.
I read that thread and honestly think they are making a lot of it up. Quite worrying that you can just post stuff like that and immediately get women replying asking how they can get into it and what websites to go on.
 
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All the girls I knew were working by the hour so from my own experience, I'd say that was the most common too. A lot of it goes so unnoticed too. I thought I was in a better situation because I could charge more per hour as I was a UK native (men will pay less for foreign girls because they can get away with it) and not working out of a brothel but really, the men don't care.

The other thread is a bit of a tough read because women making tens of thousands of pounds just isn't common. The vast majority of girls are not living life like secret diary of a call girl. You are VERY aware of your situation in that you need to play nice with the men because if you don't, who knows what will happen. In my experience most of the men were absolutely fine, and the usual punters did respect your boundaries. But at the end of the day, you're being paid for sex and they just see you as an object. Of course you got some weirdos too who thought they could get you do to anything because they were the client.

I was relying on men to turn up so I could pay my bills first of all, but also pay my agency and stay in their good books. Some women in sw will tell you it's all very empowering but not in my case, I did it because I wanted to make a quick buck and thought I didn't have any other options. I didn't really care about sex, it was easy, but there's nothing empowering about it.


If you think of the stereotypical man who would see escorts, that's basically it. They tended to be in their 40s and always married of course. You did get some younger guys who might have been travelling for work and just wanted a bit of company. Not necessarily all sexual, sometimes the men would just want company but to that I always thought, you'd be better off paying for a therapist lol.

Like I say I pity the married men. They should really have looked at the relationship they had with their wives to try and figure out what went wrong. Some escorts thought they were "helping" marriages but I found it gross. The way some men could just nip out for an hour like nothing had happened...ruined my trust in men.

Some people will say ah but women also pay for sex, and guys with disabilities and so on, but i don't think I ever came across a female client and guys with disabilities were once in a blue moon. Have to be honest, it's a certain type of man that uses escorts.
it's funny that men would pay for company like that imo, why not just pay for dinner with a tinder date? :ROFLMAO: I have heard the same about ruined trust in men from women who worked in pole dancing/strip clubs etc, maybe you are just seeing the worst type of men but it seems that is is just such a cross section that you do lose hope. I have gone out with 3 different men who all admitted to using sex workers when they were single, as did their friends, until meeting people like this I really had no idea it was so common among (relatively) young people
 
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Also a thing that might fascinate most is that all hotels in London from the Ritz to the normal hotels are full of escorts.
There are websites that tell you which are more escort friendly. So for example, which have keys to enter the lift so these would not be favourable because you can’t get the clients upstairs.
Some hotels tend to put the escorts all on one floor or area of the hotel.
I used to go on adultwork and do an escort search by location showing which girls were working nearest to me and meet them in the bar for a drink. It was like a little underground community.
When I worked for an agency we used to have sometimes 3 of us in a hotel room drinking with a client. The room service men used to love delivering the drinks with us all in our suspenders. We were so blatant half the time we answered the door wearing next to nothing.
 
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Also a thing that might fascinate most is that all hotels in London from the Ritz to the normal hotels are full of escorts.
There are websites that tell you which are more escort friendly. So for example, which have keys to enter the lift so these would not be favourable because you can’t get the clients upstairs.
Some hotels tend to put the escorts all on one floor or area of the hotel.
I used to go on adultwork and do an escort search by location showing which girls were working nearest to me and meet them in the bar for a drink. It was like a little underground community.
When I worked for an agency we used to have sometimes 3 of us in a hotel room drinking with a client. The room service men used to love delivering the drinks with us all in our suspenders. We were so blatant half the time we answered the door wearing next to nothing.
A friend of mine used to work in a travelodge type hotel in central london and he said the majority of bookings were just for a few hours, not nights, either people having affairs or escorts. I know that people I know (men, obviously) in lounges of expensive hotels have often been approached by escorts. The more I think about it, and reading these threads, I cannot believe I didn;t realise how prevalent it is!
 
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Many years ago I had an acquaintance in a friendship group who had a mental breakdown (where cocaine was the catalyst). Many of our friends were trying to get her into therapy, but she claimed that she could outsmart the therapists by reading up on psychological conditions. She then had a brainwave that she could work as an escort to 'exploit men'. She then cut everyone in the group and that was the last we heard of her.

A friend of a friend was a stripper to make extra cash on the side, whilst her business was taking off. In order to 'progress' to the more lucrative sister strip club, she got breast implants - it was never explicitly stated, of course, but all the women knew that's how they would get the work. The last I heard, due to the money she was making, the side business fell to the wayside and she moved onto escorting. I suspect she also had a substance abuse problem, but cannot confirm.
 
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I knew one of the managers that worked in a few Mayfair hotels he said one guy used to come in and use their facilities for the escorts. During the summer he would use the same hotel with wife and kids. He was on a friendly level with the guy and asked him why he does it (use escorts) he said because he can and his wife will never know.

They don’t care or feel any guilt. That’s what frightens me are all these happy families an illusion?

I also know of a few younger guys who have all used escorts (not married) but still shocking as they seem nice and “normal” otherwise.

It’s disturbing.

I would like to hear from the men who use these services.
 
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I knew one of the managers that worked in a few Mayfair hotels he said one guy used to come in and use their facilities for the escorts. During the summer he would use the same hotel with wife and kids. He was on a friendly level with the guy and asked him why he does it (use escorts) he said because he can and his wife will never know.

They don’t care or feel any guilt. That’s what frightens me are all these happy families an illusion?

I also know of a few younger guys who have all used escorts (not married) but still shocking as they seem nice and “normal” otherwise.

It’s disturbing.

I would like to hear from the men who use these services.
I think a lot of wealthy families like to stay together just for the lifestyle and things like this are just turned a blind eye to tbh. If you can live in a big house with lots of space ultimately you don;t need to spend much time together if you don;t want, it can be just convenient to do so
 
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To be blunt, I think the simple reason why men use escorts is because they feel entitled to women. A lot of them just wanted oral sex (and none of them were particularly good when it came to sex) because their "wife wouldn't do it anymore". It's disgusting. Usually wives are busy taking care of the household plus holding down a full time job without any support from their useless husband who is usually oblivious to what their wife does for them and their home. But at the same time, I think a lot of wives turn a blind eye to it and actually live quite separate lives.

I know I've painted this as depressing and a lot of the time it was, lol, but sometimes I had to laugh at the state of these men!! I mentioned the forums that punters would use to rate escorts and it's like, have these guys looked in a mirror recently? Sometimes you'd get the odd attractive guy but for the most part, it's balding, slightly overweight, cringey guys in their 40s. They make no effort with their appearance but you'd get critisised for being a size 12 when you "claimed to be a size 10" :rolleyes:

I read that thread and honestly think they are making a lot of it up. Quite worrying that you can just post stuff like that and immediately get women replying asking how they can get into it and what websites to go on.
Yes 100%. We need to be realistic and understand that it is NOT empowering. How can it be when you're charging a man £150 for full access to your body for one hour. I know people will say "ah but if men are willing to pay for sex then you should make the most of it". I mean... the money isn't an issue for these guys. and at the end of the day, they're the ones going back to well-paid jobs in positions of power.

Also a thing that might fascinate most is that all hotels in London from the Ritz to the normal hotels are full of escorts.
There are websites that tell you which are more escort friendly. So for example, which have keys to enter the lift so these would not be favourable because you can’t get the clients upstairs.
Some hotels tend to put the escorts all on one floor or area of the hotel.
I used to go on adultwork and do an escort search by location showing which girls were working nearest to me and meet them in the bar for a drink. It was like a little underground community.
When I worked for an agency we used to have sometimes 3 of us in a hotel room drinking with a client. The room service men used to love delivering the drinks with us all in our suspenders. We were so blatant half the time we answered the door wearing next to nothing.
Yep it's crazy. I remember Village Hotel was a popular hotel chain for escorts. I avoid the place like the plague now 😐
 
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To be blunt, I think the simple reason why men use escorts is because they feel entitled to women. A lot of them just wanted oral sex (and none of them were particularly good when it came to sex) because their "wife wouldn't do it anymore". It's disgusting. Usually wives are busy taking care of the household plus holding down a full time job without any support from their useless husband who is usually oblivious to what their wife does for them and their home. But at the same time, I think a lot of wives turn a blind eye to it and actually live quite separate lives.

I know I've painted this as depressing and a lot of the time it was, lol, but sometimes I had to laugh at the state of these men!! I mentioned the forums that punters would use to rate escorts and it's like, have these guys looked in a mirror recently? Sometimes you'd get the odd attractive guy but for the most part, it's balding, slightly overweight, cringey guys in their 40s. They make no effort with their appearance but you'd get critisised for being a size 12 when you "claimed to be a size 10" :rolleyes:


Yes 100%. We need to be realistic and understand that it is NOT empowering. How can it be when you're charging a man £150 for full access to your body for one hour. I know people will say "ah but if men are willing to pay for sex then you should make the most of it". I mean... the money isn't an issue for these guys. and at the end of the day, they're the ones going back to well-paid jobs in positions of power.


Yep it's crazy. I remember Village Hotel was a popular hotel chain for escorts. I avoid the place like the plague now 😐
100% agree about the entitlement, my ex (who i have stated used escorts often) when we spoke about his ex dates complained about them not wanting to sleep with him immediately. Honestly, I usually do sleep with someone immiediately but this is a personal decision, obviously, and he didn't seem to get why, for various reasons, women often don't do this, for safety reasons or otherwise. His attitude, looking back, was very much "I have bought her dinner so why wouldn't she?"
 
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