A call girl or female escort is a prostitute who (unlike a street walker) does not display her profession to the general public, nor does she usually work in an institution like a brothel, although she may be employed by an escort agency.[1][2] The client must make an appointment, usually by calling a telephone number.
Call girls have traditionally had a number of routes available to advertise their services, including classified advertisements in magazines and latterly via the Internet.[3] The use of online classified advertisement websites such as Backpage for this purpose has increased during the 21st century.[4] An intermediary advertiser, such as an escort agency, may be involved in promoting escorts, though they are not normally handled by pimps. Call girl prices are typically significantly higher than those charged by brothel- and street prostitutes.[3]
Call girls may work either incall, where the client comes to them, or outcall, where they go to the client. Some porn stars are known to escort as well.[5]
Internet
Many call girl agencies and independent call girls have their own websites.[2] The internet has become the main medium through which customers find their desired escort.[6][7][8] Generally, a picture of the woman is provided, and sometimes, the type of sexual services she offers.[9]
Notable call girls
- Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American call girl and entertainer involved in the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
- Suzy Favor Hamilton, former Olympic athlete who was revealed in 2012 to have been moonlighting as a high-end call girl
- Xaviera Hollander, Dutch former call girl, madam and author
- Jillian Lauren, American writer and former call girl for Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei about whom she wrote the memoir Some Girls: My Life in a Harem
- Brooke Magnanti, British writer and call girl whose blogs and books were adapted into the television programme Secret Diary of a Call Girl
- Mary Millington, English model and pornographic actress
See also
- Camgirl
- Courtesan
- Delivery health
- Geisha, a class of female Japanese performance artists often confused with sex workers.
- Girlfriend experience
- Internet prostitution
- Male prostitution ("call boy")
- Punternet
- Sugar baby
- The Erotic Review
References
- ^ Taylor, Diane (27 February 2015). "Most sex workers have had jobs in health, education or charities – survey". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "Is the number of trafficked call girls a myth?". BBC News. (9 January 2009)
- ^ a b Taylor, Diane (11 May 2000). "Nice and sleazy does it". The Guardian.
- ^ Snow, Natalie M.; Radatz, Dana; Rhodes, Trisha (26 April 2021). "The Marketing of Female Escorts: A Gendered Perspective of Online Companionship Advertisements". International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 66 (10–11). doi:10.1177/0306624X211010284.
- ^ Dickson, EJ (23 February 2014). "When porn stars become escorts: Lucrative new trend could also be risky".
- ^ Richtel, Matt (17 June 2008). "Sex Trade Monitors a Key Figure's Woes". The New York Times.
- ^ "A consumer guide to prostitutes is a click away". NBC News. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ "Several comfortable steps ahead of the law". NBC News. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ Quenqua, Douglas (17 April 2009). "Recklessly Seeking Sex on Craigslist". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
External links
- "The $2,000 an-Hour Woman" by Mark Jacobson, New York Magazine, 18 July 2005.