My viewpoint on this is that I would not want my daughter (or, in theory, son for the matter) to be a provider...but not because I see something morally wrong with it. What I would want for her (just my perspective - not going to force it on her) is to have: a master/phd in something, a 6 to 7 figure job doing something she loves, and conveniently making more money than she could possibly spend, and so attractive that she's have people fawning over her and standing in line to talk to her when she goes out.
If she chose (for simplicity or whatever) to patronize the hobby as a client, I wouldn't think any less of her or love her less at all. I absolutely would not want her coerced, or forced, into providing by financial circumstances. If, however, that was her choice (and hopefully she would be safe about it), at the end of the day, she's still my daughter and makes her own choices, which I would respect. But, like many others, I want better for her than her old man - I don't want her to be a sorry old ugly troll that needs to pay for it.
Thankfully, in my case, she really takes after her mother, so I don't think "ugly troll" is anywhere in the cards for her.
Originally Posted by Luvdatpuddy
I feel you luvtapuddy. If I had a daughter it wouldn't be my first choice as well. Wasn't my first choice for myself, and I don't see this as the last thing I will ever do. It was something of a stop gap measure. But, that being said, lots of jobs are stop gap measures. I have two degrees; had a career I once loved, but then came to hate. I suppose I could have chosen another way to make money while I pursued what I want to do next, but I chose this one. Either one would have simply been a way to make money while I pursue another thing. I chose the one that maximized my free time to income potential ratio because that is what was important to me.
I don't think anyone is rhapsodizing about what this is, or at least I’m not, but the opposite end of that pole, and seemingly the insult of all insults and the way to win an argument around here is "at least I'm not sucking dicks for a living". My problem is the level of hypocrisy involved in that sentiment. You guys choose to do this. If you hate yourself for it or think it’s somehow bad for women or your own personal integrity, then, for god's sakes, make a different choice. This whole thing exists for ya'll. Women have no need to pay for sex. We all know this. Without the male desire for it, it simply wouldn't be here.
What confounds me is the attitude of some men who gleefully participate, but then disdain the women who give them the service they need/want. It's a woeful double standard mired in centuries of assessing a woman's value based on her sexuality or sexual purity. There is an argument to be made and has been made by many progressive feminists and academics that prostitution can be an act of reappropriating that value.
Honestly, whether or not I believe that or not depends on the day. I know that it has not been the worst thing in the world to do for me. Far from it. It has shocked me how not terrible, for the most part, it has been and how not guilty I feel about it. In fact, it has taught me quite a bit, and I will carry both the positives and negatives about this profession with me onto to the next thing when I go. Certainly, no one does this outside of a financial consideration. No one does any job outside of a financial consideration. If I had my way, I would be living on a beach in Fuji.