A Pound of Flesh: Prostitution vs. Escort Service

What is the defining line between prostitution and escort service? Morality issues, perhaps? An individual?s POV, probably? Legality, most certainly! If presented with one of the finest female escorts Toronto has to offer, what would you do? Would you consider her an escort or a prostitute? Before you answer the question, let?s first set a definition for the two.

According to Mr. Webster, prostitution is defined as the act or practice of engaging in promiscuous sexual relations especially for money. In a legal dictionary, this word denotes the profession of performing sexual acts for money. Prostitution is a crime throughout the United States, except for a few counties in the State of Nevada, where it is allowed in licensed houses of prostitution. Ok, so if I take out the promiscuous sexual relations in Webster?s definition and sexual acts from the legal dictionary, same would not be classified as prostitution, right? This is how the majority thinks---and more often than not, this is the ?element? that separates the two. I?ve encountered various companies offering this kind of service, there?s the Toronto escort agency, the Dublin adult services and a whole lot of massage parlors.

Now, Let?s flip the coin. Escorts are deemed companions. An example would be to hire an escort to accompany you (like a date) in a party or social gathering. On its fa?ade, there?s nothing wrong with ?accompanying? a person---provided that it is solely for that purpose---nothing more, nothing less.

If an establishment can get a license for providing escort service and not for prostitution, here?s my question: How can one assure that the escorts do not supply ?extra service?? And if they do provide extra service, will they be penalized or fined? If the law governing the same is vague, then there is no use in issuing license if the establishment cannot be monitored. (Don?t get me wrong, I?m not giving my vote to legalize prostitution.) I?m only thinking about what ifs.

In Canada, there is no explicit law that bans prostitution, however, many of the activities that are usually associated with prostitution are classified as criminal offenses. Furthermore, how it is practiced is restricted and enforcement differs greatly in different cities in Canada. In all honesty, escort service in Toronto is openly practiced.

I?ve talked to a lot of people regarding the topic at hand. The issues on commodity and the use of one?s body have been brought up, again and again. Almost half expressed that if it?s a ?sexual thing? then same is called prostitution---some even concluded that said element turns an escort into an immoral person. There are also respondents that say escort is just a term, a word to cover the taboo that is prostitution.

Allow me to set an example. Let?s say that a person would hire one among the Toronto female escorts to be his date. Upfront, she may be your date but behind closed doors the client may request some ?special services.? To prevent this, some escort agencies provide contracts for their girls explicitly stating that sexual contact with the client is one of the grounds that may result to termination of one?s service. Still, one contests this terminating clause. He cited a firm claiming that their company only offers dating services---nothing else---then he raised that unless the escort service operates within a state in which prostitution is legal, what ELSE are they going say?

Personally, I don?t think that passing a bill to limit or to totally eliminate prostitution or escort service is possible. So long as women are considered commodities and so long as men would pay for the ?service,? this ancient profession will continue to exist.

I?ll close this article by reiterating that there is nothing wrong in providing escort service to individuals who need the same. If one wants companionship, by all means go. You are responsible for your own actions. In reality, it's not of anybody's business how two consenting adults conduct themselves.

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