Sunday, November 23, 2008
Ashley Dupre interview with Diane Sawyer
This scandal with Eliot Spitzer could not have been easy for Ashley Dupre. I am struck by how young Ashley Dupre is, twenty two years old.
I can see that Diane Sawyer is struggling to understand how and why Ashley Dupre became an escort. This is a line that some women will never cross.
I think that there are some women who start off by saying that, but life being what it is, some women find themselves making choices they never believed they could.
Who would have imagined a governor who was also a prosecutor, would use an escort service, in a state where prostituion is illegal?
Labels: ABC News, eliot spitzer, Escort agencies, Escorts, video, youtube
Friday, October 24, 2008
Is sex with a prostitute cheaper than going on a date
Evan Maloney adds to the debate that sex with a prostitute may be cheaper than going on a date.
What I found interesting in the responses to the sex-versus-prostitute debate was that men assumed that women always wanted more than just sex from a date. Or, paradoxically, men assumed that dating ends in marriage (which suggests women are more successful in getting what they want from the dating game than men) and divorce (which suggests women don’t, in fact, know what they really want).
So you tell me, don’t women just want to enjoy some wild sex sometimes without wanting anything more from a man? Do men really think women always have their eye on the mating prize?
Evan Maloney raises an interesting point, that some men have difficulty knowing that they are used by some women just for sex.
Casual sex is okay for me as a hooker, but when I am not hooking it isn't.
I am allowed to be inconsistent.
What I found interesting in the responses to the sex-versus-prostitute debate was that men assumed that women always wanted more than just sex from a date. Or, paradoxically, men assumed that dating ends in marriage (which suggests women are more successful in getting what they want from the dating game than men) and divorce (which suggests women don’t, in fact, know what they really want).
So you tell me, don’t women just want to enjoy some wild sex sometimes without wanting anything more from a man? Do men really think women always have their eye on the mating prize?
Evan Maloney raises an interesting point, that some men have difficulty knowing that they are used by some women just for sex.
Casual sex is okay for me as a hooker, but when I am not hooking it isn't.
I am allowed to be inconsistent.
Labels: ABC News, agoracosmopolitan.com, Black escort, London, Prostitutes
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Steve Wright to be convicted on Friday for the murders of the five women in Ipswich
Steve Wright is to be sentenced on Friday for murdering the five women in Ipswich.
A woman who had sex with Steve after the fifth victim, thinks her life was saved because of an unexplained noise.
Steve described himself as a placid person who buried his anger inside.
Well, his buried anger has taken the lives of five women, and hopefully he will remain behind bars, the families of the women feel he deserves the death penalty. He will be given five mandatory life sentences, but the trial judge must decide if and when he can apply for parole.
Blissful desires has been added to my blogroll. Pay her a visit.
A woman who had sex with Steve after the fifth victim, thinks her life was saved because of an unexplained noise.
Steve described himself as a placid person who buried his anger inside.
Well, his buried anger has taken the lives of five women, and hopefully he will remain behind bars, the families of the women feel he deserves the death penalty. He will be given five mandatory life sentences, but the trial judge must decide if and when he can apply for parole.
Blissful desires has been added to my blogroll. Pay her a visit.
Labels: ABC News, guardian, Ipswich Murders, Prostitutes, Telegraph.co.uk, ukpress.google.com
Friday, May 04, 2007
Confidentiality
The Deborah Palfrey case, is raising anxiety levels in D.C. I wait to see who will be outed next.
Is breaching confidentiality the only strategy if you are criminalised?
I think in some cases if too many heads will roll, an arrangement can be made. It does not seem to be the case with Deborah Palfrey, at the moment.
Now those rules of secrecy and survival are in the national spotlight as a woman accused of running a Washington prostitution ring fights back with her own weapon of mass destruction: a list that reportedly contains as many as 15,000 phone numbers of former clients, including high-level military officers and government officials.
The case has opened a debate among sex workers throughout the country about confidentiality, said Carol Leigh, director of the Bay Area Sex Workers Advocacy Network in California.
"It does impact the trust that is important between clients and sex workers," Leigh said.
Palfrey's claims that her business was legal are given little credence among sex worker advocates, but many of them wholeheartedly support her fight. With the potential to drag many power brokers into the spotlight, Palfrey's revelations could serve as a turning point in the effort to decriminalize prostitution, said Robyn Few, founder and director of Sex Workers Outreach Project U.S.A.
"It's a wakeup call," Few said.
Few said she served six months of home arrest several years ago after pleading guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit prostitution. She did not reveal the names of any clients, but said she supports Palfrey's actions.
"I think the woman is alone," Few said. "This is a very lonely occupation. We deal in a very isolated business and we have very little support, and now her finances have been cut off and she is facing total ruin.
"All I have to say to Deborah Palfrey is, `Go for it, girl,'" Few said. "If you can help me decriminalize prostitution in this country, then go for it."
Veronica Monet - who worked as a prostitute for 15 years and said she had sex for money with 1,869 clients - said she sympathized with Palfrey. Monet, now a California-based sex educator and author, noted that Palfrey served 18 months in prison on another prostitution charge about 15 years ago and never told any secrets.
Secrecy, Monet said, is important. But Monet said the federal government has pushed Palfrey to the edge.
"If somebody is out to destroy you, you have to fight back," she said.
Others disagree. Heidi Fleiss, the infamous "Hollywood madam" who served two years in federal prison on prostitution-related charges, said recently that Palfrey should have remained silent.
"I know she's probably being swallowed up alive, and a lot of people can't take that weight on their shoulders," Fleiss was quoted as saying Tuesday on the website www.radaronline.com, "but she's naming names, and that goes against my principles. I realized I'd sunk my ship, but I wasn't taking anyone with me."
ABC's website says Palfrey's potential witness list includes "a Bush administration economist, the head of a conservative think tank, a prominent CEO, several lobbyists, and a handful of military officials."
Quote from Tricky Tactics When Escorts Name Names by Jesse Leavenworth of Fox 61 News.
Have a good weekend.
Labels: ABC News, Escort agencies, Escorts, Fox 61 News, Naming and shaming
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Is it impossible
I have to say, I am feeling sorry for Randall Tobias. I expect some people in D.C are very anxious, waiting to hear whether Deborah Palfrey outs them.
Tobias submitted his resignation a day after he was interviewed by ABC News for an upcoming program about an alleged prostitution service run by the so-called D.C. Madam.
ABC reported on its Web site late Friday that Tobias confirmed that he had called the Pamela Martin and Associates escort service to have women come to his condo and give him massages. More recently, Tobias told the network, he has been using a service with Central American women.
Tobias, 65, who is married, told ABC News there had been "no sex" during the women's visits to his condo. His name was on a list of clients given to ABC by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who owns the escort service and has been charged with running a prostitution ring in the nation's capital.
Quotes from Bush official resigns over escort links by Anne Gearan of Abc News.
I can only think of two clients who came to see me, since I started escorting who did not touch me at all. In both cases, they were too nervous, and were happy to sit and talk. So, it is not impossible.
I just cannot understand, if this were the case with Randall Tobias, why he did not call a regular call out massage service. Then again, he may have wanted the women to massage him naked, which a masseuse would not do.
Labels: ABC News, Escort agencies, Escorts
