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    Who was in the hobby before the internet?

    I see lots of newbies. Thinking everything is easy before it was all at your fingertips. And I believe some would never try if they didn't have an idea of what they are getting beforehand. Do you think the hobby was as plentiful before the internet? Were you in it before the internet? If not why?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anna Nikkole View Post
    I see lots of newbies.
    I see lots of long food lines, evictions, job losses, mom & pop shops
    barely hanging in there, students dropping out due to finances,
    unemployment claims rising, single parents struggling,
    households losing the breadwinner(s) to COVID and
    now struggling, people with no safety nets & stuck
    in an abusive household/relationship...,

    So, no wonder you’re seeing lots of newbies as they’re
    turning to the ‘worlds oldest profession’ to get by


    Quote Originally Posted by Anna Nikkole View Post
    Thinking everything is easy before it was all at your fingertips. And I believe some would never try if they didn't have an idea of what they are getting beforehand.
    Most of these newbies are doing it out of desperation,
    so they’re willing to accept whatever risks...

    I believe some would still try since the internet has made
    this line of work not as risky with all the information
    and tools at their fingertips...



    Quote Originally Posted by Anna Nikkole View Post
    Do you think the hobby was as plentiful before the internet?
    For clients, not really. They couldn’t just Google
    ‘escorts near me’ and peek thru all the
    different websites with lots and lots
    of ads and choices.

    For providers, hell yeah. Rates were higher and the
    market wasn’t as saturated.


    Quote Originally Posted by Anna Nikkole View Post
    Were you in it before the internet? If not why?
    No, but those were the golden years for the sex industry overall.

    I wouldn’t have been a prostitute before the internet, but I would
    have been a porn star. Porn stars could make a couple films a
    year for thousands and only had to worry about that
    videotape or DVD coming to light... but today with
    the internet, way too saturated and I would
    have to accept that my face, tits and ass
    is everywhere online, forever


    Then, the internet has evolved advertising for
    all B2C industries due to social media.

    Can’t just put an ad and go about your business these days...
    post an ad, then go on social media and frequently tweet,
    share, like, retweet, etc. to keep up with consumers...
    social media is a job in itself.. JFC

    Oh and then cyber security... businesses have a whole team
    dedicated to data, but ******s just try their best to stay
    in the know to keep themselves and their customers
    safe from breach, hack, outing, etc

    Oh and not pre-internet, but omg... I bet travel and touring
    before 9/11 must have been a BREEZE! Just simply check
    in and get on your plane to your destination...
    today, air travel is a damn headache

    so ya, golden years!

    however, loneliness wasn’t so golden for ******s.. but again,
    without the internet, there was more money, more
    control for ******s, more privacy, and far less
    internalized misogyny




    Prostitution can still be rewarding, but times
    like these concern me as the pandemic
    is unleashing the ugly of this work as
    more of us are just trying to get by
    one day at a time, so we should
    be more mindful of that.......


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    I was. 1975. Boys town, Nuevo Laredo.

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    I was too...a VERY long time ago

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    In the early 90s, when I lived in Baltimore, things were advertised in local free papers at the grocery store and such. I remember one was called Cityvibe, with things to do that week in and around the city. There was a section for personal ads where a lot of providers advertised offering sensual massages. That was the way I remember hobbying until the rise in popularity of the internet.

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    If you count trips to the Chicken Ranch and across the border....that would put me into the middle to late 60's

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    Since I was 17 so 41 yrs. Easy? No, but very different.
    Take this place for instance, the ones I'm interested won't follow through because I'm not verified (I hope thats all it is, lol)
    I see girls at least once a week just none that are in here. Doesn't bother me, there are plenty safe and sane women.

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    Before the xxx in our back pockets, and basically everywhere, do you think men strayed as much before the 90's? Then to know it's just $$$ and done. Like shopping in a store.

    Or do you think men chanced it just as much back then with yellow pages, street walkers etc?

    I've also noticed the clientele getting younger and younger. Like this is just a norm now.

    So what are the pros and cons if now a days compared?

    I'll name a few

    Con for now: everything has a GPS on it even On Star in the car. Our phones track us and let others track us.

    A pro: If you get a verified lady chances are you know you will be treated well. Back then she didn't have to do much, what could you really do about it?
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    Wow - what we take for granted now - I feel like men "chanced it" and the choices (throughout 80's) were A. work the clubs for OOTC action (feel like we had more club choices in Houston back then plus oilfield was booming in early 80's); B. the Yellow Pages for Escort Agencies; C. "Massage Parlors/AMP's" - which were located on east side of downtown (before redevelopment), SW Freeway, 45 North; And D. the street walkers could be found on South Main near Dome, Airline Drive. Bissonet was still a thriving suburbia with an active Westwood Mall (Sharpstown not so much). Telephone Road has always been "Telephone Road"......Never chanced the "Personals" personally.

    The scene is much better now for the client and I would think for the provider too with advent of the internet, screening, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lat31long96 View Post
    Wow - what we take for granted now - I feel like men "chanced it" and the choices (throughout 80's) were A. work the clubs for OOTC action (feel like we had more club choices in Houston back then plus oilfield was booming in early 80's); B. the Yellow Pages for Escort Agencies; C. "Massage Parlors/AMP's" - which were located on east side of downtown (before redevelopment), SW Freeway, 45 North; And D. the street walkers could be found on South Main near Dome, Airline Drive. Bissonet was still a thriving suburbia with an active Westwood Mall (Sharpstown not so much). Telephone Road has always been "Telephone Road"......Never chanced the "Personals" personally.

    The scene is much better now for the client and I would think for the provider too with advent of the internet, screening, etc.
    You forgot about Jensen Drive in 5th Ward between Collingsworth and Lyons. That was a REAL stroll back then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeCool View Post
    I remember one was called Cityvibe, with things to do that week in and around the city. There was a section for personal ads where a lot of providers advertised offering sensual massages.
    i recall the 'Cityvibe' magazine. back then there was also another
    publication called the 'Oyster' magazine (Denver) where providers ran ads weekly.

    swift fly the years ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by lat31long96 View Post
    Wow - what we take for granted now - I feel like men "chanced it" and the choices (throughout 80's) were A. work the clubs for OOTC action (feel like we had more club choices in Houston back then plus oilfield was booming in early 80's); B. the Yellow Pages for Escort Agencies; C. "Massage Parlors/AMP's" - which were located on east side of downtown (before redevelopment), SW Freeway, 45 North; And D. the street walkers could be found on South Main near Dome, Airline Drive. Bissonet was still a thriving suburbia with an active Westwood Mall (Sharpstown not so much). Telephone Road has always been "Telephone Road"......Never chanced the "Personals" personally.

    The scene is much better now for the client and I would think for the provider too with advent of the internet, screening, etc.

    I think there are definitely so many more gents now than would chance it back in the day. A 20 year old would play with his wienie and have 3 girlfriends, now they come through for the milf or barely experience, the big booty or small booty experience, the different races and breast sizes.

    I'm guessing in the 80's and 90's he would have watched porn and wondered how this or that would be!

    Now come up with $$ and just do it.
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    Houston Press used to let ladies advertise in the classifies...

    South Main across from the Astrodome was a for sure bet the streetwalkers...

    Ever border town in Mexico had a Boystown in it for when we went white wing dove or deer hunting !!! ALWAYS a GREAT time !!!!

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