Posted on 04/19/2012 1:59:06 PM PDT by smoothsailing
April 19, 2012
Glenn T. Stanton
The president’s Secret Service detail, preparing for his visit to Colombia, took some time to unwind and enjoy the local flavor. We all know the sordid details. But the New York Times today gives us more detail on the matter, some very important detail.
These very high-level men did not consort with prostitutes. No, these ladies were at a level commensurate with their clients. They were escorts. Our Paper of Record performs an important community service, giving these two ladies the opportunity to clarify the difference. One woman, who declined to give her name, explains:
The price alone [of $800], she said, indicates that she is an escort, not a prostitute. “You have higher rank,” she said. “An escort is someone who a man can take out to dinner. She can dress nicely, wear nice makeup, speak and act like a lady. That’s me.”
Get it? An escort is not a prostitute. She is something else altogether. Our “All the News that’s Fit to Print” reporter continues,
She was dismayed, she said, that the news reports have described her as a prostitute as though she walked the streets picking up just anyone.
“It’s the same, but it’s different,” she said, indicating that she is much more selective about her clients and charges much more than a streetwalker. “It’s like when you buy a fine rum or a BlackBerry or an iPhone. They have a different price.
She trolls for clients inside fancy buildings, not on the street. Please. But the article describes a tussle between the escort and her client the next morning as she started to leave. The Secret Service agent tried to pay her about about $30. She informed the rate was more like $800. Apparently that clear difference between an escort and common hooker was lost on him. But he should have known, because prostitutes — I imagine — demand payment before delivery. Apparently escorts don’t. After hotel security got involved, the agent finally offered her $225, which was close to the $250 she owed her pimp — or client-referral professional — for the hook-up.
Apparently there are fine, but important nuances, in the sex-worker hierarchy.
— Glenn T. Stanton is the director of Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family
Mel Brooks movies were as cheezy as can be, but I couldn’t help myself, I always thought they were a hoot! :o)
BTW it has been documented that the term "hooker" predates Maj. Gen. Hooker.
During the Civil War, it was not unusual for “camp followers” to accompany their men during a campaign. Wives, children and girlfriends were common in the field and they helped with cooking, laundry, etc.
I understand that General Hooker was known for being lax about camp followers, and the term “Hooker’s Women” arose because there were ... ahem ... more girlfriends than wives, so to speak.
At least, that’s the way I heard the origin of the word “hookers.”
Prostitutes are like car salesmen. They see the mark and adjust to make the sale.
I once was on a 3 month job in New Orleans in the downtown area. I’d visit the Harrah’s casino there once in a while and had a “girl” that wasn’t gorgeous but not bad offer me 30 minutes for $250.
Are you kidding me? And she didn’t even care to haggle! lol
Stars & Stripes has an interesting article on the origin of the term “hooker” in which at least partial credit is given to the General...
Yeah, I used to work at a pair of casinos in LV; went to one of the bars on-property after finishing work one day, and a woman walked up to me, takes a seat, and starts talking.
I wasn’t sure why she picked me out of the other people in the bar, so I tried to keep the conversational ball rolling:
Me: “So what do you do here in LV?”
Her: “I’m a prostitute”
I think the property’s policy was “You don’t advertise and we don’t prosecute”; I let Security know what had happened and she was escorted off the property...
I assume you're single?
No, but I've dealt with plumbers before.
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