etasman2000

Poverty.....now that is a polarizing topic if there was ever one. Poverty is both real and relative at the same time. I will not discount the fact that living below the poverty line isn't difficult, it is. Do women (and men) world wide engage in sex work due to poverty. Yes, they do. Is there an element of choice in the matter ? This is a tricky question, Sweden believes there is. Any individual caught engaging in sex work will be place under rehabilitation courses and helped to obtain 'legitimate' work. Let not get into what happens to their clients! In this case true choice has been removed. To fully understand the poverty / choice debate we have to broaden our views to include morality, social support etc.

You didn't define what you mean by Sex Tourism however by way of your preamble I take it to mean visiting a SP while traveling outside the country, potentially to a 3rd world country. We have to be careful in transplanting our 'western' world view when discussing Sex Tourism. In many cases Sex Tourism occur due to two simple fact: poverty and culture. Poverty in drawing the ladies into the industry and a supportive culture. Poverty is a well known well understood variable one that we find here as well. I want to focus on the supportive culture. The main regions for Sex Tourism are the Latin Americas, Caribbean, Asia particularly Thailand, Philippine and to a lesser extent China, Eastern Europe and some parts of Western Europe particularly countries where prostitution is legal. Asia: culturally mistresses and multiple wives are an accepted norm and a mark of the wealthy. These women have a place in the society and aren't look down upon. Religiously, other then the Christian transplant, Buddhism and Hinduism are open to all forms of sexuality as long as no harm comes to the participants. Caribbean:A large part of the Caribbean follow the Dutch law where Prostitution is legal. This removes one of the stigmas, plus it is regulated. In Aruba the ladies have weekly medical checks, can only work for 3 months on a visa and cannot work in the Aruba for 2 (maybe 3 now) years after. Ladies then go home and rotate thru the various islands. Most of the ladies are from Central and South Americas in particular Columbia and Brazil. It is true there is self-selection here as these women have to respond to job ads to be able to obtain the work visa for sex work. There is no trickery nor false pretenses, they know why they are on the islands. There is also an openness and dichotomy to the situation as well. The ladies openly display pictures of their families (sympathy play?), speak openly about why they are there, have Catholic saints/altar displayed in the rooms. Latin Americas: Ignoring Brazil, there is little support culturally. Some places like Ecuador and Honduras still frown on public display of affection. Some countries do have a reputation for ladies looking for a gringo husband which visitors do exploit. There is an interesting back-lash as well, recent years guys have been known to be strung along for money while the ladies privately kept a local BF on the side. Eastern Europe: Culturally there seems to be an openness to sex, perhaps an offshoot to the suppression of Christian morals under the Communist regime, not to say there aren't core Christian groups. There is no shame in sex work and it is a means to an end which is typically to obtain a university degree. Understand that with the opening of the European borders the university qualification allows for greater work mobility later. Many of the Eastern European flock to places like Germany, Holland, UK, countries where sex work is legal, under work permits both for a chance to travel and the exchange rate. Caveat: this is also a self-selecting group. Western Europe: Dependent on the country. Some like Sweden it would be foolish to even attempt it, while Germany has legal brothels. Unfortunately it is rare to find a local engage in Sex Work and all indication point to the influx of Eastern European ladies as oppose the any cultural stigma. Western Europe was my first encounter to the concept: i can pick a guy up at a bar or i can get paid to get laid. Under the definition of Sex Tourism propose in the beginning I willingly admit to have engage in this activity in Central America, Asia, Western Europe (both with Western and Eastern Europes SP), and Caribbean. In fact this was my mode of operation before joining cerb with a preference for Western Europe.

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Going to hijack the thread and say "Go Vote! I don't care what party and why just "Go Vote!" this Monday.

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Once a friend quoted from The Book "love thy neighbor as thyself", my response: I pity my neighbor! We are our own hardest critics at times.

Everyone clicks with others differently, if it doesn't go well it doesn't. No one should ever feel pressured to write a recommendation. I never use my handle on phone/txt based contact simply because there isn't anything tying my phone number to my cerb handle! How can anyone verify that it was etasman2000 calling ?

On laptops and cell phones. Many of my friends aren't in Ottawa, much less Canada. They are as far flung as Australia, Singapore, UK, Sweden, France etc. Without email/chat it is difficult keeping in contact. I had also PBeM and email cuts down on the wait time. I don't answer phone calls although I have a cell phone for work. Txt and email aren't as distracting, I can get to it during breaks. I'm a loner and let very few people into my live. Although I hang out with a bunch of guys I tend to ask more questions then answer. Its partly because I'm fascinated by people and consider my own life rather mundane (computer programmer 'nuff said). I grew up in the country and got use to being alone, wondering the open space, absorbing the ebbs and flows of the seasons. I do get lonely and at times even melancholic, although I wonder if its just self pity. There is a connection with the Universe that I cherish, have you given thought to the breath you take in ? How many other creatures were nourish by that same breath ? The tender Wind on your face, who else has it kissed, who else will it kiss after you ?

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Then why in the world did you say i was to turn up in a dress ?!?!

i'm the opposite i guess. being plug mean i can work anywhere!

How did you book time with the girls you saw ? You must have either use an email address, cell phone or PM from a forum like cerb. Did you do something unique that she would remember ? All these common element ties you to the reference. Your reference should also be someone you have seen recently, no point contacting someone you saw a year ago, as a good SP she would decline being your reference anyway. It is much easier if you are a regular client. Or Use an Adult Verification System.

This is actually a question for you to answer. Some ladies are fully interactive which makes watching super fun, others put a great deal of focus on the client. Also each client would have very specific expectations, and comments made here would likely not apply to the individual case.

but of course Princess :)

You are always the hot Meg-ma to me.

Prostitution is legal in Canada. Wonder how they are going to make that one stick ?

Then you are a prime candidate for third party verification systems of which there are many out there.

The statement is bold is conjecture. The 'requesting client give away their privacy' has and is working for many ladies. There is something called a feedback loop, if these ladies making untenable requests are hurting for client they will self-correct. IMHO the ideal means for SP security incorporates identification and verification of the client, coupled with a physical frisk of the client before meeting the SP followed by the physical presence of an armed third party within the same room as both SP and client who has been pre-primed for the SP's safeword. Yeah, likely not going to happen. Security is a continuum. Every procedure is there to address a particular risk. Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves.

would you have been equally comfortable if it was her male friend ?

As a client it is very easy to mitigate the risk of being outed and still provide the verification needed to satisfy security/safety requirements. That is, use a third party verification service aka adult verification service.