Guest Report post Posted January 14, 2014 Perfecto, more to come along this line! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meaghan McLeod 179664 Report post Posted January 14, 2014 Its sad to see this. It seems that there is a whole generation of girls who think the being an escort is "glamerous", and want the fast money. I know a 16 year old who insisted she wanted to be one, yet wouldn't apply to be a model "because I'm too shy". I had to explain to her that she is too young for this, and that I would contact LE each and everytime if she tried to do this. Horray for this mom for standing up and making a difference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fortunateone 156618 Report post Posted January 14, 2014 I'm mixed on this one. In the video report 'mom' admits that the majority of the teens are doing this by choice, no one is coercing, luring or forcing them. So when she collects these addresses and/or makes contact, and then goes onto say she plans to save them, i am wondering who she thinks she is saving them from, other than themselves? I would think anyone with a teenager knows full well you tell them to not do something, and they go out and do it. You aren't going to convince a 16 year old that it is a bad thing for anyone to give her 100 bucks for spending 15 minutes with them, when she knows she can now go out and get whatever she wanted her parents to buy for her but they refused. In other cases, this would be a teen who breaks into houses and/or shop lifts to get what she wants. These are the same 'good good' family girls who do this, and shop lift. \ Also, how is 'young' in the ad automatically indicate someone is underage, and how, if she isn't knocking on the door and checking ID, she's just collecting addresses and reporting them, is that proof they are underage. I'm thinking 40 is a pretty high number. I think you might be hard pressed to find 40 different sps advertising in Halifax on CL under therapuetic (yes, i could be wrong, exageration for effect lol), but if there were 40, there must be at least 400 ads on there of sps who are of age posting on Halifax CL . Is that being done? Is that possible? Is CL that good a place to advertise in NS? I'm not saying there aren't underagers working or that they are not doing it by choice. I recently read a study by researchers looking for the teen girl lured by pimps and turned out onto the streets of NYC, and they also failed to find a significant number of them (when compared to all the teen SWs that is). 90% were there by choice which includes economic need, but eliminates coercian and force, and 50 % of the total were boys. General public want people to believe LE is understaffed and so therefore unable to address this real concern. My personal opinion, based on reading a lot of studies and artifcles, is that the issue does not exist nearly to the extent that people believe it does. LE isn't finding, 'saving' and/or charging thousands or hundreds of people weekly because they simply aren't there in those kinds of numbers. They find, rescue and save a handful of teenage sps because that is about all there are. The stats prove it. She even confirms it. The sps are easy to find, you simply contact anyone who posts an ad with an age of 18 and uses 'young' in the ad. It would take about 12 hours to make appointments, show up, check ID and confirm the age is OK or not OK. It is, as she says, only 40 different underage sps. How long can that take? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redmana2 2754 Report post Posted January 15, 2014 I'm mixed on this one... I'm a little mixed on this as well. I think it is great that a parent got her kid out of this industry. If she's 15 (my presumption from the article) then that's too young to "make her own choice" about this. That's too young to choose between architect or brick layer professions as far as I'm concerned, let alone something that can be dangerous or unhealthy if not handled like an experienced professional. But I don't like the attention this brings. A news story about a mother going vigilante because rampant underaged escorts isn't helpful at a time when politicians will be gauging support for a brand new set of laws. Also, my feeling is that HRPD will respond if for no other reason than for PR purposes to show they are responding. I think SP's and hobbiests alike should be cautious. Guys, if you weren't always using good judgement before, then now is a great time to stay away anything even remotely borderline, ask for ID's, and walk if it doesn't feel right. Ultimately, the best way to stop underaged girls from getting into escorting is to cut off the money - make sure they don't get yours! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted January 15, 2014 I really hope this kind of thing can be used as an antidote to the Nordic Model silliness. The most likely people to discover underage kids working as SPs are the clients who come across them. There's probably few enough of those clients who will tall LE about it at the moment, and turning them into criminals is hardly going to help with this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
