Prostitution Empowers Women

One of the last courses that I took as a college senior in 2006 is entitled: Thinking about Race, Class, and Gender. This is a course that I would recommend every college student be required to take, regardless of major. As an older student that is female and owned escort services for an entire decade in Orlando so that I did not have to raise my child in poverty, I arrived with firsthand knowledge of much of the material taught. My earlier studies of racial disparities in all areas of the U.S. criminal justice system served to strengthen my arguments in all subject areas.


If an "A+" were possible, I would have received it, but did receive the highest grade possible anyway (A). Serious arguments ensued during the course on all topics. You would be shocked at how many white Americans consider African-Americans to truly have equal rights and receive equal treatment in this country in respect to employment and the criminal justice system. I had no clue that so many people, especially at the college senior level, were that ignorant. I always used facts and personal experience to back-up my arguments, and though I am white, I have seen and heard the inequalities and clearly understand the problems. I have also conducted extensive statistical research. There are two excellent books that I recommend for the unenlightened on the topic of race in the United States:

Race to Incarcerate, by Marc Mauer, Director of The Sentencing Project (2006 edition).

Thinking About Race, by Naomi Zack (2005 edition).

The last several weeks of the course concerned gender studies. Because of my background in the escort business, this resulted in a deep discussion with the professor relating to the real effects of prostitution on women. I concluded the course with a research paper on the topic of prostitution as a tool of empowerment for women. Contrary to popular opinion in the U.S, most women that work as call girls are empowered by the experience and are in total control during any client encounters. A woman that cannot control all that she does as an escort, a call girl, or a prostitute, does not belong in the business and should search for a new occupation. The only coercion involved is economic in nature.

The professor that taught the course advised me to consider a master's program and to continue with my research on prostitution empowering women. It's not like it hasn't been done before, but I do have a certain personal insight that few could claim.

A recent candid discussion with Dr. Brooke Magnanti, Ph.D. and the UK's Times Online certainly reinforced all that I have stated. Brooke revealed that she is Belle de Jour, the former call girl that blogged anonymously while in graduate school. Brooke wrote an enlightening book:

Belle de Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl, by Anonymous (2006 edition).

The women that worked with my agencies over the years were all 28+ and as with Dr. Magnanti, each was driven to the adult industry by a need for money. The great majority had strong personalities and were in complete control of what they did or did not do during a call, and the few meek, mild mannered escorts that I encountered over the years did not stay in the business for long. Most of the meek, and actually all that I have kept track of, moved on to marriage. That should tell you something.