Originally Posted by
Securitized
SWs tell me that they're actually more comfortable with street walking than using BP. The reason is that they have no idea who they are meeting off BP. With street walking, the SW can feel the guy out and make sure he does not give her bad vibes. Most of our communication is non-verbal. The eyes never lie. You cannot see somebody's non-verbal gestures over the phone or through a text message when they respond to a BP ad.
In conclusion, I will audaciously argue that street walking has increased safety more so than before the BP shutdown. Other points to support this are the following:
- Cops are constantly surveying the area and they focus not on "johns", but the cars that keep driving around who ARE NOT picking women up. These types of guys are the dangerous kinds of people that probably need to be avoided.
- Also, there many, umm supervisor guys, that are watching their ladies and I don't doubt that they will react if some dangerous guy off the street tries to rough up a SW. Plus they are keeping tabs on their ladies whereabouts because that's their money.
These supervisor guys are paying attention to the SWs the entire time. So, on the scene there is both law enforcement and street enforcement keeping an eye on the action. Did Backpage have supervisory oversight when the ladies were communicating with the guy? No, I didn't think so.
I'll say it again. SW is safer than Backpage.
WHAT.