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Can you get in trouble with your school for taking a job such as an escort or stripper?
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<p>Not at my school, apparently. The only reason I know about these girls' jobs is because there was a feature about it in our student newspaper's sex issue. It also featured students who worked as strippers, dominatrixes, etc. Sex wasn't necessarily involved in any of the jobs (that is, the dominatrixes were hands-off for the most part, and the escorts spoke very carefully as to avoid legal questions). </p>
<p>Anyway, my university is incredibly liberal, and there hasn't been any backlash. The general consensus among the students and faculty appears to be that sex work shouldn't be deemed illegal or immoral as long as it's consensual, and it would it would appear that the administration either agrees or doesn't care. I can see how a more conservative or a religious-based university might have a problem with it.</p>
<p>Bartender's a really good job...it pays SO well.</p>
<p>Be careful with the other ones you listed, though...realize that if you want to go into a career later that checks your background (politics, government, law, business) or that could potentially be high-profile, that's going to be pulled out and shoved in your face. It's not an admirable thing to have come up in your history, I"m sorry to say.</p>
<p>If you have any sort of choice, stick with being a bartender. It's great money and not shameful in any way. Especially if you're a girl, you can get really really good tips too.</p>
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Most escorts are prostitutes, and that's definitely illegal. You can get arrested, and that may cause problems with your school. Other than that, some schools may have behavior codes that this would violate. I'm pretty sure that, say, Bob Jones University would kick you out if you were moonlighting as a stripper.
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<p>Well there's a difference between street prostitution and escort services: the escorts probably have lawyers. It really is tip toeing definitions and legality, but whatever.</p>
<p>escort is a fancy name for prostitute but there are very rarely stings to bust escorts and their clients. escorts are considered cleaner and higher end, and advertise in independent newspapers or on specific sites. otoh if you're street walking at a well known intersection for prostitution, well, that's a no brainer.</p>
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i would say an escort is a fancy prostitute, not just a fancy name for a prostitute.
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<p>I agree with this... there is no '10 dolla cracked out streetwalker' that could ever be an 'escort.'</p>
<p>I think that an escort is for most men more than just the act, it's about having a nice looking 'classy' lady around for company, and other things... obviously.</p>
<p>There was a major media story here in DC over the last couple of months in which the proprietor of an escort service was prosecuted. A number of her employees had to testify in court, and their names were in the newspaper. The "madam" was convicted, and committed suicide rather than go to prison. Anybody thinking about working as an escort might want to read about that, and about how you would feel for this to be made public about you. Another recent story is the Eliot Spitzer story.</p>
<p>wow, considering how CC is a place that seems to be full of far above average intellectuals i can't believe there are actually people here who think being a stripper or "escort" would be an ok job. first of all, the dignity and self respect you'd lose with one of those jobs as well as the very high potential of being raped or murdered seriously seems to me to cancel out any financial benefits. and like someone else said it's not gonna look to good on a background check. a bartender on the other hand would be a great job, esp if you're a girl who wants to make big bucks and i'm actually planning to try to get a gig when i'm maybe a junior. but STRIPPING? i went to a strip club once with a couple of my guy friends and let me tell you, you should SEE some of the guys that frequent those places...not only is it very gross and demeaning but it's dangerous as well. then again that's just my humble opinion.</p>
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it's not about morality. it's about the fact that it's dangerous physically as well as emotionally.
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<p>Being a policeman or a fireman is dangerous. In fact, so is being a doctor. At any time your glove could tear or who knows what and you end up sick. I don't think it's emotionally damaging. If it's someone that <em>wants</em> that job, why would it be? It'd be different if it was something you were forced into, or something someone was doing, but didn't really want to. However, we're talking about someone that <em>wants</em> the job.</p>
<p>Well, to side with bunny on at least one issue, it is dangerous to be a prostitute. Fireman and policemen have law on their side. When a job involves meeting with new and often sketchy people--people who expect <em>certain things</em> for the money that's paying your bills--there is going to be the possibility of getting hurt. People don't come to prostitutes for a caring, two-side relationship; they come because they've paid for a service that they want now and that they want their way. The prostitute's opinion isn't really considered.</p>
<p>However, I'm with Amsterdam (?did I get my city rightin that everyone owns their own body. If they want to sell it, it's their busines?) s. Why not protect them by law like everyone else?</p>
<p>bunny27: you don't need to be 21 to bartend in any state i'm aware of, you only need to be 18 (i've been doing it very legally since then).</p>
<p>as for prostituting/escort services: i'd never do it, because it's highly unsafe and devaluing and thinking about putting myself through such a life is really just gross to me. but it's largely dangerous because it's illegal. i really think it should be legalized; what do i care if someone wants to receive those services (working in a barely-passing inspection factory, in a homeless shelter in a bad part of town, and working in a wildlife rehabilitation center are dangerous jobs too, just in different ways)? hopefully women who are in the business but want to get out would be empowered by such legalization: they'd probably gain more self-respect (wow, my job isn't so disgusting that it's totally illegal!), and applying for more "legitimate" jobs wouldn't be so difficult. when you want another job, you can't exactly put "prostitute for past five years" on your application and be comfortable with it, and neither will most prospective employer. legalization would also probably crack down on these prostitution rings and the issues with pimping and so forth.</p>
<p>personally, I'd never be a prostitute/escort because I'm not that desperate for money. But, I think it should be legalized. Prostitute is the oldest profession in the world, it may as well be recognized as such, and give the women in it some legal protection from rape and murder and abuse. </p>
<p>Sort of related: has anyone here ever read/seen Secret Diary of a Call Girl?</p>