That flowchart looks really overdone to me, does a girl want to spend 2 days + x amount of money to screen a guy who she's gonna meet for an hour? I don't think so. Originally Posted by waverunner234Does a girl want to spend 2 days + x amount of money to screen a complete stranger who she's going to put herself into an EXTREMELY vulnerable & potentially dangerous/deadly circumstance with for ANY amount of time? Who she is going to trust her very life to in essence? I think so.
As a male I don't expect you or many others to be able to relate in the slightest bit to the underlying, ever-present stress of wariness & self-preservation females of any age unfortunately must retain constant awareness of, impressed into us from toddler age & every day of our lives after that... that we literally are the prey of predatorial people looking to take advantage of any vulnerability, weakness, inattention, trust, or opportunity to exploit in any number of horrible manners, from stalking, harassing, robbing, raping, degradation, abuse, torture, murder... the list goes on & on. It's sad but a brutal truth that must be recognized & acknowledged. It IS a daily threat, whether civilian or provider.
Just being a female, it can be like being sheep in a world run by wolves. Being an escort can be like being a solitary sheep walking alone through the woods. An easy target. Do you not think unsavory characters would realize that & potentially use it to their advantage for their uncivilized urges? They do, & far, far more than ever would get reported on any little internet community website like this. Or P411. Or datecheck. etc, etc.
So YES, the more screening the better. I'm so sorry it's a bit of an inconvenience to some of you fellows. It is to us too. But we have SO much more on the line than you do, please believe it & truly think about it.
I'm sorry giving up anything personal makes you feel vulnerable, but we are getting VERY personal with you too, and I assure you it makes us feel far more vulnerable than you!
You're worried about me having a "nerve twitch" and getting a little crazy on you if you piss me off, maybe calling your work or wife to rat on you or something?
Yeah, well I'm a little worried about you flipping a switch & getting crazy on me too if I piss you off-- or even if I don't-- except I'm not so much worried about you calling the LE to rat on me, I'm worried about being victimized in a much more brutal, even DEADLY way.
So I take it upon myself on behalf of all fastidiously screening ladies to extend an apology for the minor inconvenience on your end (trust us, it's even WAY more work on ours, as the chart demonstrates) but I do ask you to take a moment, seriously consider the many reasons, necessity, & consequences for us, and please be a little patient & understanding.
I assure you I am not interested in anything I find if no red flags come up in my screening, only if they do. So if a guy doesn't want to be screened, I can't help but question why, and feel alarmed.
Just today I had a guy call for an OC. But when he found I would not be driving myself ALONE to his home, he backed out. Hrmmm. Fishy. I explained politely that it is simply a safety & security measure for me to have a driver/security who knows where I am & is close in case anything goes awry for me. Perfectly understandable, reasonable, & smart I thought. Not acceptable to him. Well, that just raised red flags to me so we both agreed we were no longer interested in meeting.
On that side note, I must say I have noticed a trend since I went from agency to indy that the sharks seem to circle the solitary fishies much more than those when in the safety of schools, and that scares me. I do feel more vulnerable now, even though I know MY screening is more thorough than the agency's was. Or perhaps, it's that I get the feeling like predatorial types just see me as more vulnerable now.
Well guess what creepsters out there, I'm not. Because there IS a bit more qualifying to see me now that I am doing things my chosen way, and I have even more safety measures in place now as well.
Not that I really expect many or any to be here to read this, lol.
Bottom line--
Too much screening = maybe lose a potential client
Too little screening = maybe lose my LIFE.
Guess which I will go with every single time? Ya.
/rant over lol
Thats why it's important not to discuss anything over the phone or in person. All details should be ironed out via email only!!! If you meet a client and he starts talking about money or services, just say you don't know what he is talking about. Originally Posted by incognito isisIs email any safer than phone or in person? I didn't know that. I assumed these days any admission was admissible, even texts.