CBC Radio Ottawa: "Meeting John"

[MightyPen 67414]

Did anyone else catch this half-hour report on CBC radio Monday morning? It looked briefly at the consumers of the sex trade. I found it odd that it took a tone of astonishment that clients could actually be regular people who want to treat the women they see well, and were looking for some level of human connection.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2010/201001/20100111.html (It's in "Part 3".)

 

So on the one hand it's nice to see a report willing to concede that there can be healthy social and psychological reasons to see an escort... but disappointed that some folks wouldn't concede that this could ever be true.

 

I wish they'd done a longer report, it being a subject close to my heart.

[labialover 690]

Thanks MP for pointing out this article, I found it very interesting and would also like to hear more about "us". I'm sure many escorts know that men who seek their services enjoy treating them well and with a great deal of respect.

[misterme 110]

You don't have to listen to the whole thing. I forget where it is, but there is just that section somewhere on the CBC site.

[MightyPen 67414]

Thanks MP for pointing out this article, I found it very interesting and would also like to hear more about "us". I'm sure many escorts know that men who seek their services enjoy treating them well and with a great deal of respect.

 

Glad you enjoyed it. After I posted my note here in the Ottawa section, I found it had been mentioned in another part of the board:

 

http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=21370

 

I'm still surprised that there's so much mystery, puzzlement, and misinformation about a service that touches on the universal desire for intimacy and human connection.

 

I get that the patrons of sex workers run the spectrum -- from the real creeps who are contemptuous and even violent toward the women, to those who are just looking for "big boobs!", and then those who are reaching out for someone to connect with intimately (but who will find only the vague approximation of it available from a paid companion).

 

The world at large is ready to accept the second type of client (see things like the "Cathouse" series you can watch right now on cable), and it's certainly familiar and justifiably concerned with the first. The guy they spent the most time talking with in this interview was the third type, and I gather from the discussion in and around the documentary that he caught most listeners, and even the reporter, by surprise.