If God uses it to manipulate people into having sex with him, yes, I'd say it was "less good" and "more bad." Originally Posted by NatalieYes and The men will never understand.
If God uses it to manipulate people into having sex with him, yes, I'd say it was "less good" and "more bad." Originally Posted by NatalieWhat about people using $ to manipulate people into having sex with them? Men seem to do that quite a bit around here! Many women use their looks and the world wide web to attract men to have sex with them.
Yes and The men will never understand.Really?
Originally Posted by Naomi4u
Alexa did alot of harm. She even told me I had to do greek to be an escort.. really? LMFAO! God knows what advice she gave other ladies. I am still shocked by all of it. I was one of her followers but not so much anymore. It is SAD. Originally Posted by Naomi4uWhat I do not understand is that you seem to think that what was bad advice is bad advice because she turned out to be a he.
How can you do Greek if you already laughed your ass off???You catch back up to it and have somebody screw it back on for ya
Just sayin'. Originally Posted by charlestudor2005
What about people using $ to manipulate people into having sex with them? Men seem to do that quite a bit around here! Many women use their looks and the world wide web to attract men to have sex with them. Originally Posted by WTFNone of these are outright lies designed to circumvent safety measures that a community has established for ourselves.
None of these are outright lies designed to circumvent safety measures that a community has established for ourselves. Originally Posted by NatalieYou are correct but they are manipulations. I was addressing his advice. Either it is sound or not. Gender has nothing to do with advice as was proven. The preception appears to though.
Alexa was putting ladies at risk and going as far as sending them clients.. This is what you don't understand. Originally Posted by Naomi4u
None of these are outright lies designed to circumvent safety measures that a community has established for ourselves. Originally Posted by Natalie???
Why am I not surprised at an above poster's comments? Alexa DID have a lot of FANS. I am not going to sit her and argue about this with someone that does not understand/has not worked in this profession/and was not in contact with Alexa. ! Originally Posted by Naomi4uYou don't know me from Adam(or Eve or Alexa!) , for all you know I could be a sex worker posing as a hobbiest.
I guess it takes a sex worker to SEE where I am coming from. ! Originally Posted by Naomi4uNo , only you know where you are coming from. But in general what you are speaking of is deceit, everyone has experienced that in life, so everyone has some idea where you are coming from.
From what I read Alexa was number one in the sex worker blogsphere. (Whatever that means)
P.s the mistake the made was the dumbest one ever. You'd think someone so smart would have known
to register a private domain but NO...Proves some men REALLY aren't as smart as they think! Originally Posted by Naomi4u
???Obviously. It's a relatively unsafe industry to work in at all, and unfortunately many women have to learn through trial and error—myself included, I certainly made mistakes during my first year of work. Many women don't have anyone they can confide in or get real-life advice from when beginning in this profession. So while it's very unfortunate that this man was able to manipulate ladies who most likely really needed money (and were possibly new to the business), it's not horribly surprising. Thank god enough sex workers did have this healthy dose of skepticism you speak of, so they were able to out this person and assure that he doesn't prey on anyone else.
And as far as harm from seeing someone whom Alexa referred, what about normal screening efforts? I had always understood that most escorts are careful about only accepting references from other ladies whom they can verify as legitimate and reputable. Alexa had a blog but nothing other than her own word to confirm that she was a real escort. I'm truly surprised that other ladies would accept a client based on a referral or reference from her. It's sort of like we clients reading a review written by someone we've never heard of before; we understand that it could be a fake (LE, the lady herself, a "manager," etc.) so we don't give it a lot of weight until we see reviews of that lady from someone we know to be a reputable P4P client and preferably reviews from multiple sources.
I understand the temptation to believe and trust, but a healthy dose of skepticism is necessary in a world like this. There are a lot of people in an underground, outlaw community trying to manipulate each other through deception and we have to remain on our guard. If Alexa circumvented safety measures, it was because the safety measures were not as secure as they should be. Originally Posted by Chevalier
Many women don't have anyone they can confide in or get real-life advice from when beginning in this profession. Originally Posted by NatalieI understand the isolation and the temptation to trust that comes with it, along with the initial assumption that everyone on "our side of the aisle" shares the same interests -- escorts would never do something to harm another escort, and clients would never do something to harm another client. After all, we wouldn't hurt our sisters or brothers.
So while it's very unfortunate that this man was able to manipulate ladies who most likely really needed money (and were possibly new to the business), it's not horribly surprising. Originally Posted by NatalieIt is really scary, though. Because there are much, much worse people than "Alexa" out there who are equally (or more) manipulative and deceptive. It's helpful to identify specific malefactors, but it's also necessary to identify careless behavior (whether because inexperienced or in financial need) that allows the malefactors to get past our defenses.
Take all blogs with a pinch of salt, anon and named ones, and my god, never ever use them as a means of screening. Originally Posted by CamilleWhich should of course be expanded to much more than just blogs.