I have an MA, and a full-time career outside of escorting. I have never felt the need to justify my decision to escort, either to myself, or anyone else for that matter.

As an aside, I dislike intensely your use of the phrase 'thick slags'.

Well it is reductive and reinforcing a stereotype. As an educated woman, I would have thought you would know better to use such a phrase, particularly in your title.

I am also struggling with the idea that escorting isn't a real job. Although I have a full-time job, I also pay taxes on my escorting work, because it is a taxable job. Given I am paying taxes, surely that equates escorting being a real job. No?

It's harder for SW that haven't come out - so tax and all of that is a big thing. Personally, I only do SW occasionally and I have spoken to people and (also my internal dialogue) that SW isn't deemed as real, the reality comes when it is taken seriously like you are doing ....You seem to be slightly upset - this is the lighter section on the site please chill it's not meant to offend

FFS, I am not upset. Please do not project anything onto me or tell me to chill. I don't care for the tone of your title or OP, that's all.

Sex workers have enough to contend with without our own reinforcing stereotypes.

What do you mean by it's harder for SW that haven't come out? If this means that no-one knows you escort, well, no-one knows I escort either. I have a full-time job, so only escort part-time/occasionally (which I clearly stated in my previous post). Even though I only escort occasionally, I still take it seriously.

Do the other people who deem sex work to be unreal escort? Because if they do not, they have no right to pass judgement.

Hmm I’m with Miffy here, I think your use of language is a bit under handed especially for the nature of what this site is.
I don’t have any specific qualifications but iv never had a problem getting a ‘mainstream’ job in the past and iv done mainstream and escorting at the same time, iv now decided that it’s much more worth my while to focus on escorting as a full time job for now. I have everything set up as a business and I treat it as such, plus, I think sex workers are in fact very savvy and sharp minded which you have to be in order to be successful in this line of work. It’s not for the faint hearted and we’ve all got many a qualities that don’t need years of education in order to succeed in this field.

I think sex workers are in fact very savvy and sharp minded which you have to be in order to be successful in this line of work. It’s not for the faint hearted and we’ve all got many a qualities that don’t need years of education in order to succeed in this field.

I believe that in order to be succesful in ANY line of self-employment you need to be savvy, sharp minded and be able to think ahead, hooking, plumbing or opening a flower shop.

I don't think it suggests an inability to get a 'real job'. There are plenty of girls I have come across that are well educated and/or in professional occupations that choose to escort. I have another job that pays well enough, but choose to escort on the side for a number of reasons, as well as the money.

Like the other comments, I think to do this job you need to have a certain confidence and a certain something about you to be able to do it. I know friends of mine that say they could never bring themselves to do it, despite how appealing the money is. Although it may not be seen as a 'real job,' we are probably getting paid more than a lot of people that are in 'real jobs' and we are not having to compete and jump through hoops so much for it, although we all know that escorting brings its own challenges.

I have a day job that took me a lot of studying and degrees. I escort because it pays better than the job I studied almost 5 years for .

So I’m certainly not thick but let’s be real escorting pays better than most jobs .