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Presentation. Escorts wear nice clothes, speak the language properly, and are talented enough to pass off as a wife or girlfriend if that's what you're looking

by jsz0 17y ago

Presentation. Escorts wear nice clothes, speak the language properly, and are talented enough to pass off as a wife or girlfriend if that's what you're looking for. They can roll with a wealthy business crowd and not stick out too much. Just good ole' fashion market demographics at work. I'm sure some metric of success among the people who use their services is to brag about how much money they spent on a high end call girl. No different than bragging about your new $60k car in the driveway.

ardit33 17y ago
I think it has to do with the perception of the quality. The single biggest risk on sleeping with a prostitute is getting a (or multiple) STDs, or even HIV. If you sleep with a street hooker, your risk of getting something is relatively high (even if you use condoms, and all that). That street hooker that cost a hundred buck for couple of hours, probably sleeps with 20-30 people a week. Talking about used good. This is actually really risky. A high end prostitue, could get away with sleeping with only few people a week, and still make good money. She probably is sleeping with only rich people, so the risk factor is different. The chance of her getting something from her are a lot lower. Plus I heard that the high end ones, look really good, compare to the regular ones. The really high end ones, are the ones that act as a gf. They don't get paid directly, but basically splurge on everything they can using your credit card. If you have seen the move "Priceless", it is a good one to watch: http://www.pricelessthemovie.com/ http://www.pricelessthemovie.com/ (mostly a comedy). But the "gf" for the month, phenomena is real in Europe, and some countries in South America.
amohr 17y ago
Agreed - I think Emily Post said your date should never cost less than the dinner. Blatant libel aside, I would guess that the majority of it is quality of service + price targeting. i.e. The kind of people that would go to an event where a fancy escort would be necessary are those with the means to pay a high premium. Of course all this is with a grain of salt - my expertise lies more in the realm of economics than paid companionship. After skimming the study, it seems like they've fallen in the classic academic trap of too much analysis, not enough data. All the regressions in the world don't make up for a little bit of investigation. Specifically regarding this field, of course, the major red flag is the inability to gather data on the consumers. They tend to keep their precious data to themselves, giving no thought to the poor grad students.

by jsz0 17y ago

ardit33 17y ago

I think it has to do with the perception of the quality. The single biggest risk on sleeping with a prostitute is getting a (or multiple) STDs, or even HIV. If you sleep with a street hooker, your risk of getting something is relatively high (even if you use condoms, and all that). That street hooker that cost a hundred buck for couple of hours, probably sleeps with 20-30 people a week. Talking about used good. This is actually really risky. A high end prostitue, could get away with sleeping with only few people a week, and still make good money. She probably is sleeping with only rich people, so the risk factor is different. The chance of her getting something from her are a lot lower. Plus I heard that the high end ones, look really good, compare to the regular ones. The really high end ones, are the ones that act as a gf. They don't get paid directly, but basically splurge on everything they can using your credit card. If you have seen the move "Priceless", it is a good one to watch: http://www.pricelessthemovie.com/ http://www.pricelessthemovie.com/ (mostly a comedy). But the "gf" for the month, phenomena is real in Europe, and some countries in South America.

amohr 17y ago

Agreed - I think Emily Post said your date should never cost less than the dinner. Blatant libel aside, I would guess that the majority of it is quality of service + price targeting. i.e. The kind of people that would go to an event where a fancy escort would be necessary are those with the means to pay a high premium. Of course all this is with a grain of salt - my expertise lies more in the realm of economics than paid companionship. After skimming the study, it seems like they've fallen in the classic academic trap of too much analysis, not enough data. All the regressions in the world don't make up for a little bit of investigation. Specifically regarding this field, of course, the major red flag is the inability to gather data on the consumers. They tend to keep their precious data to themselves, giving no thought to the poor grad students.