We are,whether we like it or not,a sub culture. The World at large will never understand us or have sympathy.Best to not get noticed to keep under the radar.Publicity is only likely to bring down a shitstorm of prudery and prohibition upon our heads from the great,Godly and good.
It's not possible to be completely under the radar. It's not as if we are sone illegal subset of society: we are law abiding citizens engaging in acts that are voluntary from ourselves and the service providers. We oppose trafficking and all illegal activities. Most of us actually care and treat prostitutes well, much better than the average punter that hasn't been educated on values of politeness and hygiene. We don't bother anyone else. Yet that does not stop harassment from interfering prurient others. I agree it is best, for that reason, for a punter to protect his identity; yet that does not mean cowing to pressure or betraying the values and ethos of the site.
There are dangers in prostitution for the working girl, and there are support agencies, even if the interfering prurient have made sure that many are shut down or denied government funding. But there are dangers for punters also:
1) falling in love with a prostitute
2) spending more than one can reasonably afford on prostitutes
3) becoming addicted to seeing prostitutes
4) being exposed and publicly harassed by prostitutes
5) being exposed and publicly harassed by prurient interfering others
6) being robbed, defrauded or conned
7) being promised services that are then declined after payment has been given
(some would ask, what about disease? But studies show that WGs tend to take protection seriously and are more disease-free than the general public)
Failure to protect one's privacy or failure to keep one's head, for most if not all punters, runs severe risks, emotional, financial, career-wise, socially or family. Most mistakes are made by letting the heart and/or cock rule the head.
A sensible punter uses his head to cover all the possibilities
before relaxing into an enjoyable, polite session of good, healthy sex. Which is what this site is about. To constantly portray prostitutes as sweet innocent dearies, when there is no recourse for malpractice by the prostitute, is asking for trouble. This is why I think it is important,
on this forum to remind each other of the nature of the transaction, even in the crudest of terms, before relaxing into the dreamy world of having a 'pretend lover' for an hour.
Prostitutes perform a valuable service within society, offering sexual release (and often warmth and intimate human companionship), thus helping to avoid the psychological tensions men face when normal human desire cannot be satisfied. The prostitute is a willing partner, and, engaged properly, entails no emotional complication such as might wreck a family. They, and us, deserve public support, not harassment: but the part that UKP plays (in a less than ideal world) is to put the punter first and help him avoid the pitfalls, to get good value in paid sexual services in the same rationale as any paid service. It is not our intention to upset anyone. If people enter UKP inappropriately, they are to ask themselves if they should really be upset at sticking their nose in other people's legitimate affairs. The answer is they should not.
