Random thoughts (*rises from the dead*)

[Lunaseraphim]

It seems that I was wrong in assuming that it was rare for sex workers to have young clients prior to the internet age. I looked at my stack of references on client research for an answer. Martin Monto (U Portland) is a leading authority on the topic in the US. In his seminal study of clients arrested for attempting to buy sex at street level (in sting operations conducted by police in three major US cities in 1995-1999), 25% of the arrested offenders who responded to his anonymous survey were aged 18-29 and, and 75% of the total said their first experience of buying sex was when they were 18-29 (sample size: 1,169). This data contradicts my earlier hypothesis.

Source: https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X13480487

That's what I figured honestly. A lot of people here started seeing escorts in their 20s and 30s and are still doing it now, or checking this forum nearly every day, 30-40 years later.

But I also don't know if the clients who see street workers are the same dudes who see escorts who work for agencies or work independently.

 

[Cap'tain Fantastic]

I guess I am the exception then, I started hobbying at 46-47 y.o.! I was hanging in strip clubs in my youth but never had to pay a girl to following me home so that doesnt count.

 

[urquell]

That's what I figured honestly. A lot of people here started seeing escorts in their 20s and 30s and are still doing it now, or checking this forum nearly every day, 30-40 years later.

But I also don't know if the clients who see street workers are the same dudes who see escorts who work for agencies or work independently.

Are there really any street workers left to see anymore? I was under the impression that aside from maybe a handful of drug addicts around Moreau that the street scene had entirely disappeared. Is that wrong? I thought that almost everyone aside from a few outliers were seeing indies or agency workers. (not counting MPs)

 

[Julia Sky]

Are there really any street workers left to see anymore? I was under the impression that aside from maybe a handful of drug addicts around Moreau that the street scene had entirely disappeared. Is that wrong? I thought that almost everyone aside from a few outliers were seeing indies or agency workers. (not counting MPs)

Oh there are definitely still people working in the streets. I personally know a few

 

[AnthonyAnderson]

But I also don't know if the clients who see street workers are the same dudes who see escorts who work for agencies or work independently.

Nowadays, in Canada, most likely not, but these are numbers from 1995-1999 in Los Angeles, Portland and Las Vegas. I don't know how much of an "indoor" scene there was back in those days. Regardless if the numbers are representative of the whole population of clients or not, it still proves the point that there was a significant amount of young men among the clientele of sex workers, in those years, in those cities.

BTW, I'm sure you realize this, but if we move to Montreal in 1995, if you wanted to book from an agency, you had to look at the classified ads in the newspaper (I believe the free newspaper Voir was popular) and then the booker would try to convince you with their words that the escort you wanted to book would suit your tastes...

 

[Giselle Montreal]

BTW, I'm sure you realize this, but if we move to Montreal in 1995, if you wanted to book from an agency, you had to look at the classified ads in the newspaper (I believe the free newspaper Voir was popular) and then the booker would try to convince you with their words that the escort you wanted to book would suit your tastes...

And with all the photos, selfies and information we provide today, some clients still think we don't offer enough!

 

[LookAlike]

I guess I am the exception then, I started hobbying at 46-47 y.o.! I was hanging in strip clubs in my youth but never had to pay a girl to following me home so that doesnt count.

No, you are not exceptional, or at least we are two in this range.

 

[Lunaseraphim]

Nowadays, in Canada, most likely not, but these are numbers from 1995-1999 in Los Angeles, Portland and Las Vegas. I don't know how much of an "indoor" scene there was back in those days. Regardless if the numbers are representative of the whole population of clients or not, it still proves the point that there was a significant amount of young men among the clientele of sex workers, in those years, in those cities.

BTW, I'm sure you realize this, but if we move to Montreal in 1995, if you wanted to book from an agency, you had to look at the classified ads in the newspaper (I believe the free newspaper Voir was popular) and then the booker would try to convince you with their words that the escort you wanted to book would suit your tastes...

I know the history of my line of work, yes. I think there's always been an indoor scene but street work was way more common before the Internet.

I see what you mean tho, but I think you misunderstood my point. I'm just not sure all of the men who hire sex workers today would have done it under those conditions back in the day.

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I think people assume that younger men hire sex workers because they can't find women to date or hook up with but I don't think that's always true.

A lot of them just have the money to do it, and they want easy access meaning they don't want to go through the trouble of using a dating app or going to a bar or a club. Some of them are just curious and want to try something. Some are going through a breakup and they want intimacy without emotional involvement.

I think it's important to remember that 30-40 years ago a lot of men got married and had kids in their 20s, too. That completely changes things.