“A client's end goal is usually sexual contact some men prefer to use escorts for direct sexual exchanges (most want it to seem like the woman is enjoying it, or happy enough that she doesn't hate herself because of her work), and some men prefer a more romantic interlude that seems like a real date,” explains Cadine. But, as she points out, this is almost always followed by the expectation of sex. She goes on dates, goes to cocktails and attends events with her ‘boyfriend’ client. Not fall in love.Ĭadine tells SBS that, like Valentine, she also offers the ‘girlfriend experience’ involving a narrative that replicates a real life relationship. “These men are fully aware that they are booking for and paying for sexual services."Ĭlaudia Cadine*, a Melbourne-based escort, says despite Hollywood notions of what escorts do, she’s never had any misconceptions about the nature of her work - it’s to have sex. Sex, it seems from this show, is an optional part of the escort gig. Instead of having a night of sex, they engage in hours of deep conversation. Jack meets Izzy when he books her for a ‘job’.
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The Canadian series focuses around the polyamorous relationship of married couple, Emma and Jack Trakarsky and a 25-year-old college student and part-time escort, Izzy. Sure, there’s plenty of sex in the show, but how much of it is the emotion-free type that sex workers are paid for? None. Joining series such as The Girlfriend Experience, Secret Diary of a Callgirl, and Satisfaction You, Me, Her takes on the escorting industry in broad strokes, eliminating much of the reality of the sex work involved. The hugely popular Netflix series You, Me, Her is one of the latest in a long string of shows based around the work of escorting. Social perceptions surrounding the world of escorting are, perhaps, fuelled by pop culture and media portrayals of the industry. For instance, when sex work is portrayed in media, it often smooths over the more arbitrary details of the job, which I think creates a different reality - sex work is not always luxurious, or exciting, or profitable.”Ī new wave of feminist porn, created from the female point of view, is empowering men and women by highlighting diverse sexualities and bodies. “For the purposes of consumption, authors and screenwriters tend to glamourise, and, over indulge in different parts of the industry. “My knowledge of sex work was limited to what I had watched, and read - which as, I have, come to find, are often gross misrepresentations of what the industry is actually like,” says Valentine. She was never of the belief that sex work was sex-free: a fact and practice which she now thinks is sometimes misrepresented within certain parts the industry.
Valentine explains that, unlike some people, she always had a realistic view of what ‘sex work’ entailed before starting out in the industry four years ago. ".sex work is not always luxurious, or exciting, or profitable.” What some escorts do “Our job is to provide pleasure, which can be interpreted in a lot of different ways.” “However, in reality, what happens is - I am paid for my time, and it is up to those who are paying for it as to how this wish to spend it. “To put it simply, I am paid to provide sexual services to my clients,” Valentine tells SBS. Lulu Valentine*, a Sydney-based escort, describes her job as ‘girlfriend by the hour’. Thematic warning: This article contains content of an adult nature and therefore its access should be restricted to person's above age 18.
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