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Buying Sex: A Users Guide to Independent Escorts and Prostitution in Britain

Posted By: AlexGolova
Buying Sex: A Users Guide to Independent Escorts and Prostitution in Britain

Buying Sex: A Users Guide to Independent Escorts and Prostitution in Britain by Simon Hexton
English | June 10, 2015 | ISBN: 152099477X | 273 pages | AZW3 | 0.41 MB

Prostitution exists in another dimension, another world; hidden, but everywhere around us. Everyone knows it’s there. Yet most of the “knowledge” people have about prostitution is at best secondhand, unreliable, often deliberately distorted, sometimes blatant lies. Prostitution is a taboo subject, and taboos breed ignorance. The taboo means that the people who know what the world of prostitution is really like, don’t talk about it. Few women are willing to admit, even to their friends, that they are prostitutes; few men are willing to admit they visit prostitutes.

This book tries to give an accurate, honest description of independent prostitution* from the clients' viewpoint and (to the extent that it is possible for any client to do this) from the prostitutes’ viewpoint as well. It is NOT a confession. I've seen many prostitutes over the years and have hugely enjoyed my time with them. I’m not ashamed of seeing prostitutes, don’t feel guilty about it, and I’m not seeking forgiveness or atonement for it. On the contrary, meeting and having sex with prostitutes has hugely enriched my life. I’ve therefore tried to give an honest guide to the world of prostitution as I’ve experienced it, and to argue the rational case for prostitution as “a good thing”.

The book is in two main parts:

Firstly, a “TRAVEL GUIDE” to the hidden world of prostitution – to describe what it's really like, from the viewpoint of someone who has personally experienced it, rather than the myths and legends most people hear. It tells you how, as a client, you can safely find and meet prostitutes, what you will have to pay, what you can expect to get, and everything you need to know about how the hidden world of prostitution works. I hope this will help you decide whether you want to visit the world yourself, what you should expect to find, and what to beware of.

Although aimed mainly at clients, the Travel Guide also describes what life is like for the prostitutes themselves, the factors they need to take into account in setting themselves up, how they juggle prostitution and the rest of their lives, and how they view their work.

The Travel Guide is mostly about prostitution in Britain, but it also talks in some detail about the world of FKK clubs (the so-called “mega-brothels”) in Germany, which are based on a totally different, and totally legal, approach to prostitution, one I would like to see adopted here. The Travel Guide tells you how you can visit an FKK club to find out for yourself.

The second part of the book argues for a more open and honest UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE of the world of prostitution in Britain, the people within it, the psychology of it, and the need for more genuinely open-minded academic research into it. I would love this to lead to a more honest government and public policy approach to prostitution as a social phenomenon, tackling its problems and needs objectively, and based on reality rather than myths, no matter how politically expedient those myths may be. It argues that, far from being a problem, prostitution can have positive social benefits, particularly if the law treats it openly and tolerantly.

I’ve also included a short section on PRACTICAL ISSUES, such as prostitution and the law, looking after your health, protecting your physical safety, what to do if things go wrong, and so on.

I hope you enjoy reading the book, and I hope it changes your mind about prostitution in Britain.

SH

*I define independent prostitutes as women who have made a deliberate and rational choice to work as prostitutes. They are self-employed, working entirely on their own account, usually from a house or flat, or visiting you in your home or a hotel room. The book does not cover streetworkers, people working in massage parlours or male prostitutes, mainly because I have no experience of those sectors of the market. Someone else will have to write that book.