Comments on: Lament of the Streetwalker http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/2009/01/lament-of-the-streetwalker/ The Diary of a Modern Courtesan Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:43:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RP http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/2009/01/lament-of-the-streetwalker/comment-page-1/#comment-1344 RP Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:41:06 +0000 http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/?p=1293#comment-1344 The street always had a dark side even back in the 70's and 80's but when crack cocaine came out in 1984 it went down hill. The tracks for the most part became dominated with crackheads and drug dealers rather than pimps and prostitutes who were in it to have luxury cars, clothes, jewelry and money. A lot of pimps got caught up in crack addiction and the girls were curious what the fuss was about and started smoking it themselves. It was terrible what happened. The few lucky ones squared up and got out of the business some with some nice money and a business. Some pimps switched up and sold crack. A lot of them retired. A lot of girls retired becuase of the madness. Even girls in the services and who worked in brothels got caught up in crack addiction. One of the few live tracks is in Las Vegas where you will see classy girls on the strip but they also work the lounges in the casinos plus get calls off the net or from a service. Nowadays the street is cool if you happen to meet a client in person in a nice area just like any two strangers might happen to meet. Usually this occurs in areas where the tourists are near the 5 star hotels. But nowadays it is way more subtle and smooth rather than a direct solicitation it will be more like " Hi how are you?" "Where are you going?" Asking for directions. etc. etc. In other words it must be down low , respectful and incognito. But for the most part all the old tracks of yesterday are finished and have a handful of drug dealers crackheads and junkies lurking about on them. There get high partner boyfriends are not pimps but just a loser who gets high with them. No repectable prostitute will go near a bummy area or bummy track. Miami and Ft. Lauderdale have nothing but crackheads for the most part on the track. It is the net, services and the streets near the 5 star hotels and inside the 5 star hotels where girls meet good rich clients. Plus the girls who have class dress sexy but elegant they can't look like a sterotypical bimbo and they can't be blatant. The street always had a dark side even back in the 70’s and 80’s but when crack cocaine came out in 1984 it went down hill. The tracks for the most part became dominated with crackheads and drug dealers rather than pimps and prostitutes who were in it to have luxury cars, clothes, jewelry and money. A lot of pimps got caught up in crack addiction and the girls were curious what the fuss was about and started smoking it themselves. It was terrible what happened. The few lucky ones squared up and got out of the business some with some nice money and a business. Some pimps switched up and sold crack. A lot of them retired. A lot of girls retired becuase of the madness. Even girls in the services and who worked in brothels got caught up in crack addiction. One of the few live tracks is in Las Vegas where you will see classy girls on the strip but they also work the lounges in the casinos plus get calls off the net or from a service. Nowadays the street is cool if you happen to meet a client in person in a nice area just like any two strangers might happen to meet. Usually this occurs in areas where the tourists are near the 5 star hotels. But nowadays it is way more subtle and smooth rather than a direct solicitation it will be more like ” Hi how are you?” “Where are you going?” Asking for directions. etc. etc. In other words it must be down low , respectful and incognito. But for the most part all the old tracks of yesterday are finished and have a handful of drug dealers crackheads and junkies lurking about on them. There get high partner boyfriends are not pimps but just a loser who gets high with them. No repectable prostitute will go near a bummy area or bummy track. Miami and Ft. Lauderdale have nothing but crackheads for the most part on the track. It is the net, services and the streets near the 5 star hotels and inside the 5 star hotels where girls meet good rich clients. Plus the girls who have class dress sexy but elegant they can’t look like a sterotypical bimbo and they can’t be blatant.

]]> By: AmyGeek http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/2009/01/lament-of-the-streetwalker/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 AmyGeek Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:06:57 +0000 http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/?p=1293#comment-1255 When I was a kid, my parents would be driving us around the west side of Manhattan and we'd see the prostitutes working the streets. As a little girl, I remember sitting in the back of the car and feeling my heart break. I don't remember how my parents explained them to me but I never felt like they were bad - but whenever I saw them, I felt (and still feel) such empathy and pain. It's a totally different world from what you're experiencing in that this is a well researched, educated choice on your part. You have made a decision, are in a position where you can protect yourself (although I worry...) and you can walk away at any time and start a new career, new life, new name, new person. Your whole life is in front of you. I think that many of those women (and girls and boys) don't have any/many other options. And the fact that our country is largely still a bunch of Puritans makes it all the worse as they are chased, humiliated and prosecuted and their customers are treated like "bad boys" (Eliot Spitzer, anyone?). Prostitution and drugs should be legal. Resources should be used to help those who need it - children who are forced into prostitution, women/men who want to leave that life & drug addicts. People who take advantage of these poor souls should be prosecuted. It makes me crazy that so many of our laws are still based on religion and "morality". Some people's morals are despicable and hateful. But they can quote the bible (or the Koran or whatever) so clearly it's ok. Hate is fine as long as it's endorsed by a really old book. Sigh. Ok, I'm done now. Don't even get me started on legalizing drugs. When I was a kid, my parents would be driving us around the west side of Manhattan and we’d see the prostitutes working the streets. As a little girl, I remember sitting in the back of the car and feeling my heart break. I don’t remember how my parents explained them to me but I never felt like they were bad – but whenever I saw them, I felt (and still feel) such empathy and pain.

It’s a totally different world from what you’re experiencing in that this is a well researched, educated choice on your part. You have made a decision, are in a position where you can protect yourself (although I worry…) and you can walk away at any time and start a new career, new life, new name, new person. Your whole life is in front of you.

I think that many of those women (and girls and boys) don’t have any/many other options. And the fact that our country is largely still a bunch of Puritans makes it all the worse as they are chased, humiliated and prosecuted and their customers are treated like “bad boys” (Eliot Spitzer, anyone?).

Prostitution and drugs should be legal. Resources should be used to help those who need it – children who are forced into prostitution, women/men who want to leave that life & drug addicts. People who take advantage of these poor souls should be prosecuted. It makes me crazy that so many of our laws are still based on religion and “morality”. Some people’s morals are despicable and hateful. But they can quote the bible (or the Koran or whatever) so clearly it’s ok. Hate is fine as long as it’s endorsed by a really old book.

Sigh. Ok, I’m done now. Don’t even get me started on legalizing drugs.

]]> By: Alexa http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/2009/01/lament-of-the-streetwalker/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Alexa Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:57:12 +0000 http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/?p=1293#comment-1250 bcharbs and NaughtyReviews, thank you for your comment. I appreciate you saying that. Amber and Aspasia, thanks so much for the compliments on the poem. You never know when you write something like that if the reader is going to truly understand your intent. It's nice to have you two comment on it. :inlove: SP, I am quite fond of my princessness, actually. I was my daddy's little princess growing up, and several projects I've been involved with had one thing or another to do with princesses. So, if it is okay with you, I'll stay a Princess. At least, for a while longer. ;-) Thank you for your kind words about the writing, sir. :kissy: bcharbs and NaughtyReviews, thank you for your comment. I appreciate you saying that.

Amber and Aspasia, thanks so much for the compliments on the poem. You never know when you write something like that if the reader is going to truly understand your intent. It’s nice to have you two comment on it. :inlove:

SP, I am quite fond of my princessness, actually. I was my daddy’s little princess growing up, and several projects I’ve been involved with had one thing or another to do with princesses. So, if it is okay with you, I’ll stay a Princess. At least, for a while longer. ;-)

Thank you for your kind words about the writing, sir. :kissy:

]]> By: a scottish pineapple http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/2009/01/lament-of-the-streetwalker/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 a scottish pineapple Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:28:55 +0000 http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/?p=1293#comment-1249 you're not only a good writer but are also becoming an increasingly important one. Clarity of message combined with an educational honesty. Hopefully this kind of work will enlighten some of those who treat sex workers, drug users or migrants as ghosts or easy targets for abuse. When can we get rid of the queen and elevate you above your princessly rank? you’re not only a good writer but are also becoming an increasingly important one.

Clarity of message combined with an educational honesty.

Hopefully this kind of work will enlighten some of those who treat sex workers, drug users or migrants as ghosts or easy targets for abuse.

When can we get rid of the queen and elevate you above your princessly rank?

]]> By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2009-01-13 http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/2009/01/lament-of-the-streetwalker/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2009-01-13 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:30:51 +0000 http://www.realprincessdiaries.com/?p=1293#comment-1248 [...] Lament of the Streetwalker | The Real Princess Diaries "But, because someone uses their body to make money in a way some group of (almost invariably) old people decrees as illegal, the police believe it is acceptable to further humiliate them publicly. It’s an endless, vicious cycle - the police arrest them, and they are forced to go back out on the street to earn more money to pay the bail, attorney’s fees, fines, and court costs they incur in addition to that which they need to support themselves and their families. Whereupon, of course, they’re often arrested again, perpetuating the cycle. What a waste of resources, both in terms of money and in humanity. It stupefies me that lawmakers and politicians don’t see the discordant irony in that and take some legitimate, serious, concrete measures to solve the problem rather than contribute to it. But, of course, they’re just hookers, right? Sometimes it’s hard to believe we’re actually living in the 21st Century." (tags: law sexwork sexworkersrights prostitution society) [...] [...] Lament of the Streetwalker | The Real Princess Diaries "But, because someone uses their body to make money in a way some group of (almost invariably) old people decrees as illegal, the police believe it is acceptable to further humiliate them publicly. It’s an endless, vicious cycle – the police arrest them, and they are forced to go back out on the street to earn more money to pay the bail, attorney’s fees, fines, and court costs they incur in addition to that which they need to support themselves and their families. Whereupon, of course, they’re often arrested again, perpetuating the cycle. What a waste of resources, both in terms of money and in humanity. It stupefies me that lawmakers and politicians don’t see the discordant irony in that and take some legitimate, serious, concrete measures to solve the problem rather than contribute to it. But, of course, they’re just hookers, right? Sometimes it’s hard to believe we’re actually living in the 21st Century." (tags: law sexwork sexworkersrights prostitution society) [...]

]]>