Britain’s Guardian newspaper printed an “interview with a prostitute” that contradicted what she feels is the empowering feminist myth depicted by the blog Belle du Jour and its spinoff TV show “Secret Diary of a Call Girl”.
The 50-ish prostitute says that the recent trend of hookers seeming glamorous is a male invention. The reality is far more sordid, she says. At the very least the life of a prostitute is very rarely like that of Belle du Jour, played in the British show by “Doctor Who”‘s Billie Piper (pictured).
This is a shocking distortion of the facts. Who hasn’t looked into the vacant eyes of a person one is paying for sex and thought, “I believe she’s really into me”? You are always on top in a hooker’s hierarchy of priorities.
The real-life prostitute’s account is here. I think she has a bad attitude. My impression is that she was probably not of the sunniest disposition when she was working as a secretary, either.
Belle du Jour’s blog is here.
Previously: Hookers have no sense of humor
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