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i don't read magazines but i have just been flicking through my sister's copy of Marie Claire (august edition) and have come across an article of interviews from the clients of some prostitutes. after having a quick read through it is very clear that these prostitutes are not a true representation of the vast majority of prostitutes in the UK. i am very tempted to draft a letter to the editor about it however i very much doubt it would be printed. i am also nearly vomiting at the justifications the clients have used in their interviews. one in particular makes me particularly angry, about his wife "i need more sex than she gives me" not, "i need more sex than my wife does" or "i have a higher libido than my wife" his wife is simply a piece of equipment without sexual requirements, there to service his needs. disgusting.

well, i could be wrong but none of the 3 featured ladies have claimed to be using drugs, one works out of her home. as i said i have only had a quick read through and i could be totally wrong. i will try and get an online link.

I haven't seen the article, but how on earth do you know what would constitute "not a true representation of the vast majority of prostitutes in the UK."? Do you know them all?

no, of course i dont know them all and i am certainly no expert on it. i am completely open to being told i am wrong here, i very well could be. from what i have read, mostly on here, a large proportion of prostitutes have drug problems. i am trying to find a link to the article.

A lot of what you read on MN - and particularly in the Feminist forum - about prostitution is ill-informed propaganda. Some people really shouldn't be let loose on statistics.

Please bear in mind that street prostitution isn't all that common in the UK, compared to the numbers of women who work as prostitutes in "saunas", "massage parlours" etc, or as "escorts" through agencies, and that's before we get to the sizeable group of women who work as independent call-girls.

i accept that oldlady. my OP is quite a generalisation in that respect, however, i still would have liked to read interviews from prostitutes who weren't on the higher end of the scale.

I'm sure dittany will soon find you some.

But why do you assume that the vast majority of prostitutes are working the "low end"? What do you perceive as "low end" - street workers? Brothel workers? Some brothels are every bit as vile as you've heard, others (usually those run by ex-prostitutes themselves, rather than men who have never sold their arses) are pretty fair, and brothel-working is by far the safest way for women who choose to work as prostitutes.

NB, there is a massive difference between women who choose to work as prostitutes, and "prostituted women" with pimps and so on. I hold no truck with pimps and traffickers who enslave bonded workers, but I'm not convinced there are all that many of the latter in the UK. And neither are Plod, who disbanded their specialist squad after operations involving every police force in the country failed to find significant numbers of such women, despite targetted raids based on supposedly-reliable information.

i guess, my own (misguided) perception of prostitution is what you describe in your second paragraph i.e; trafficked women or women who have gotten into prostitution to pay for a drig addiction. you are right, i did assume. i still think that guys' justification of it was horrible though.

"drig addiction"?? what the hell is a drig addiction? i mean drug. doh

Operation Pentameter-- that was a load of shit wasn't it?! I was furious for days after reading about that particular shambles.
Would it not have made more sense to task every police force in the country with finding RAPISTS?! We don't need to exaggerate a load of statistics to prove the existence of those.

Well I can see that an article with a few different prostitutes who unanimously say that it's great might feel a bit unbalanced - as not 100% of prostitutes in the country are really loving their work and making a cracking income.

So I can see your point.

Would be interesting to see the article though.

Oh was that an article?

I thought it was a recruitment promotion. Nice shots of the working environment plus testimonials from the clients about how much the care for the woman they are paying to fuck-- no matter her mood service provider.

antoinette you read it? i have to say i pmsl at the guy who said the prostitute he visits is different from other girls as she didn't get moody and he could tell he pleased her in bed!! well she aint gonna make mch money being miserable is she?