There is a lot that I put up with on a daily basis, and for the most part, I do it with good humor and an internal eye-roll at the incredible stupidity of customers.
But there are a few comments that really get my eye twitching....and this one has got to be at the top of the list!
"$x an hour!! I could get an escort for that price!"
Well, yes. And?
The thing is, I am not an escort. Nor am I a stripper (any more), nor am I a body rub girl. Nothing against these other professions in my industry, you understand. I don't dislike escorts, or consider myself "better", it's just that I'm not one. In the same way that I don't dislike blondes, or tall women. I'm simply not blonde. Or tall.
Comparing a camgirl to an escort in terms of price is just nonsensical. There is no implicit hierarchy of the sex industry that states that one job is always more or less expensive than another. Admittedly, there is a difference in terms of what is usually spent in one session - a stripper is usually for a song, an escort for an hour, a cam girl anywhere from 5mins up. But if you look at the simple price-per-hour of each area of the industry, there is no clear winner in terms of "most expensive sex worker". You can find camgirls charging $0.99 a minute - $60 an hour. You can find a hooker for $60 an hour. Go to a full nude strip club, and you can see a stripper naked (or usually, several) for the cost of cover and a couple drinks - probably far LESS than $60 an hour. Or you can go to the other end of the spectrum entirely, and find escorts and strippers in the champagne room who expect at least four figures and - you can find camgirls and PSOs charging $50 a MINUTE.
So saying "I could get an escort for that" really makes no sense in terms of dollar value. You could also find escorts that would spit at your feet for offering them such a petty amount. It's all relative.
I understand, however, that most of the time, this statement is not meant to suggest that camgirls should always be cheaper than escorts, but (more annoyingly) that an escort is always the *best* option. That the only reason that someone would pay to see a camgirl perform is that they cannot afford to see a comparable escort or dancer.
Excuse me?
This is the part that really, REALLY makes me angry. In the same way that I don't think that I am *better* than an escort simply by virtue of my job, I certainly don't think that any escort is *better* than me. Physical penetration does not a better experience make.
There are so many reasons that customers choose to come to us instead of escorts. Maybe they feel that an escort would count as cheating on their partner (most partners would probably agree!) but that camgirls do not cross that line, because we are "internet porn". Maybe they are concerned about health, safety and legality. Maybe they would like to talk about a fetish, watch it, ease themselves into it or experiment with it, before actually doing it in person. Maybe they are in a situation where practicality dictates that an escort isn't possible - limited time, perhaps (after all, there is no waiting for a camgirl to get to you - we are insta-sex!), or they are in a physical location where they cannot bring in an escort (such as, oh, I don't know, downstairs while the wife is asleep? At work? On their iPad on the bus? Trust me, guys watch camgirls in all those places....and you can't just click away an escort if you hear someone coming!). For a lot of guys, cam sites are a great place to play a role - to change gender, age....or become a 6ft tall model/banker with a foot long dick. You can't just swan into an escort's place and announce that you are 150lbs lighter than you actually are! Yet if you don't turn on a webcam on your side of the computer, a camgirl will never know! Camgirls also won't know if you are a politician, a celebrity, or a tv evangelist.
I know that even if I chose to escort as well as cam, I would have two sets of customers - those that want to see a camgirl, and those that want to see an escort. There may be some crossover, yes. There may be some guys that would prefer to fuck me in real life - but there would be many, many more that would much prefer to stay safely at home, no matter what they "could buy" for the same price.
Essentially, camgirls and escorts are DIFFERENT. Yes, we are both in the same industry, but we are not the same thing. We do not provide the same service, so a comparison is pointless.
It would be like going into a spa, and saying "Good God! $100 to get a set of acrylic nails put on? I could get a massage for that!".
Or going to the box office.."The ballet is HOW MUCH? I could go to ten stand up comedy nights for the same price!"
Go on, try those ones. See how far it gets you.
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