An Escort is a Prostitute

I have an Escort I use all of the time! She's really pretty, trustworthy in a pinch, and gets great gas mileage...

Oh, wait....we're not talking about cars?

I wuz wondering what kinda car company would put out the 2006 Prostitute...

cause i pay attention to is much as i can, and i haven't read about htis in ages.. at least i don tthink so.. i think it owuld stand out.. hmm i know ive read there was concern.. hmm

And there it is "Between you and God...."

Thats what this is all about isn't it?

To be a prostitute, IMHO, you have to have actual, physical penetration in RL. I don't think pixel bumping for L$ should be too much of a cause for concern: in fact, it's quite a healthy possible alternative for the promiscuous! No risk of disease, pregnancy, and much less fluids to clean up from bedsheets.

Here's an escort for ya:

Now THAT'S a sexy escort worth pimping!

OLD! I already posted an escort!

does any of this really matter?

In the literal term of the word, escort fits just as well as prostitute, and its easier to say to boot. I'm sure escorts are "guiding" something/someone in every case.

Given its word origin history, seems its come right around full circle, which I find rather hilarious However in Rome, scorta was NOT a nice word at all. Had the same weight as whore, pretty much. Literally in reference to skin, particularly leather.

Everyone's right. Escort can mean a car, a prostitute, a tour guide. Take your pick - it's all correct. Which I might add, the word "correct" is related to the word "escort" as well. Damn the Latin language, if you will.

Hell, I might take to calling my leather handbag an escort, for all the good it will do Why not, someone's already named a car that.

Eh. If she comes to my house, she's an escort, if I see her on the street she is a hooker, If I go to her place she is a prositute, and if I marry her, and she sleeps with my best freind she is a whore. If she sleeps with everyone she is a slut, and if she sleeps with everyone but me, she is a bitch.

your not a nice guy :/

but he's funny! To hell with nice

All of this, all of it, is purely subjective.

Which is why "sex worker" is probably the best generic description.

An analogy to this would be virtual sex removed from any exchange of money. For some, cybering online with other people, if you are married or have a boy/girlfriend in RL is cheating. For others it is not. For some the line is crossed when you move from cyber to exchanging real names or pics. Or a phone call. Then it is "real" and no longer "ok". Or... it is. Depends on who you ask.

It is the same with sex work. Some women who do phone sex would never let anyone lay a hand on them for money. From another perspective, the fact that you are getting paid money to get someone off, physical contact or not, makes it "prostitution" of a kind. Or those who do webcam sessions, are they "whores" because they are willing to use real images of themselves rather than a avatar version? Why?

It's like people who don't consider oral sex "real" sex. It's got to be penetration or it "doesn't count". I think that is bizarre, but there is no arguing with people who feel this way. Nor is there any point, lol.

Personally, I don't have a whorish bone in my body, I could never charge for sex. I'm more of a slut, I think sex should be free as in beer.

(and the guy who thinks all women are more or less "whores" because they have sex with him after a dinner and a few trinkets is the same one who will call another woman a "slut" if she has sex on the first date without any exchange of goods, lol)

No, it's not subjective at all. Blame the Normans for invading England and corrupting our pristine Anglo-Saxon language with Latin words and silly arguments over them

blah, I really do not like politically correct language. My tongue is lazy. Escort is good enough for me. Two syllables, flows right off the tongue. I might just call everything escort for a day just because I like being silly

Nobody will be able to change language the way they want it, or stop it from changing for that matter. What I documented is that words change meaning over time and that is not subjective at all. Trying make people stop that language evolution process is like trying to herd cats. Impossible. Fact is, escort has a definition of prostitute in the general dictionary as one of its many meanings, and I don't see it changing anytime soon. No matter what anyone's opinion is in this thread.

ZOMG! "Couture" is really just a fancy word for "clothes"! Reply if you admit it, or if you're in denial.

This is a pretty pointless thread.

IRL escorts are not necessarily prostitutes. In SL, "escort" seems to just be a euphemism for prostitute. So yeah, in SL, you're right, but...so what?

That's what this is all about?? A veiled way to malign in the forums someone whom you had issues with in SL? You have named her twice now in this thread. So other than maligning someone and basic trolling, why was the definition of an escort/prostitute even brought up (yet again in the forums) if the initial issue you say was about the definition of a dancer vs. stripper? Very sad.

But I wasn't really talking about the words themselves, Hypatia, I was talking about what people mean by them. As in: what defines a "prostitute", whether you use that word itself, or "whore" or "escort" or whatever. What makes someone a "real" prostitute? That is subjective no matter what word you use, if we all agree it is sexual services of some kind in exchange for money as a starting point. Because for some the line is crossed the moment money is exchanged and for others unless there is physical contact between two people it is some undefinable "something else".

whats so bad about some dude cybering for money.. its his avatar and he can do what he likes with it, but paying for sex in SL is low.

definition:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/escort

c. A person, often a prostitute, who is hired to spend time with another as a companion.

And that, is what happens in SL, as in RL. One can also argue that what happens in SL is not really sex, too. No physical contact. So really, they ARE escorts even by anyone's strictest definition. There is no actual sex occurring. (and that, is a whole 'nother thread lol)

I find a lot of posts on the forums are really aimed at one person, or because of one experience...
Strippers aren't neccessarily escorts, nor do all escorts strip. I agree owners need to be more specific about job offers, did you turn off the mature option?

Allow me if I may, Hypatia.

For the benefit of those still tuned in. When the definition Hypatia supplied is trimmed down to only terms that are always true we get:

c. A person who is hired to spend time with another as a companion.

Bodyguards are also called escorts. Hired dance partners are also escorts. The essence of an escort is the action of accompanying in exchange for compensation. The functions carried out can be varied.

It just so happens that the kind of escort we most frequently encounter (mainly because of advertising) is the prostitute.

Hence a prostitute is an escort. But an escort is not necessarily a prostitute.

Ok lets get out of dream land and into what things really are. Anyone be it male or female who takes money/is payed money/is given money for sex is a prostitue, buttom line.

you can sugar coat it all you like but when comes down to it thats what a escort really is, a prostitue.

Wow, thank you for summing up 15 pages with your ever-so-eloquent opinion.

The sad truth. Also most escorts that are having sex with who ever for money are RL males/men/boys/guys

so all the horny guys are paying other guys to cyber with them.

so next time you guys are paying a escort to cyber with you, take a minute and think about it.

anytime I aim to please

Agreed, but it doesn't make it wrong. SL is about fantasy.

Ah, but that was my point, what is "real" sex, what is "real" prostitution? Which is another thread, but it applies here, because no matter what word you use, what people are talking about is sex and what is "real" according to their own very biased and often conflicting opinions (I include myself here).

To me, personally, "escort" is a recently revived term that is used most often as a cover for prostitution. Yes, I am aware that there are Escorts in the dictionary defination of the term out there, but the 20 pages of "escort services" in my phone book ain't them, lol. And most definately not in SL either, which is really what we are talking about.