In the last 20 years, the Internet has changed our lives. It has given birth to new industries, revolutionized others, and placed others in the “endangered list”. In its most basic form, the Internet allows information to be published to a global audience. For example, our website in Panama has been visited from faraway places like Djibouti (a country in the Horn of Africa), Réunion (an island in the Indian Ocean), and Aland Islands (an archipielago in Finland). Also, search engines like google and yahoo make finding information quick and easy. For example, our website is among the first 20 results in google under the search “panama escorts”
Our industry has not escaped the Internet revolution. Offering sexual services in exchange of money has always been a difficult profession. There are not only health risks, but also security (Is this customer a robber or a murderer?) and social (What if my friends and family find out that I work in this?) concerns. Although many of these risks cannot be eliminated regardless of technological advancement, the Internet has definitely changed the escort industry.
Historically, prostitution can be categorized in two forms: “outdoor” and “indoor”. The outdoor prostitution features escorts in an outdoor setting. The classic example is seen in the movies and television programs where the escort is standing in a street corner while the potential customer drives around with his car, the car stops and a brief negotiation ensues before the escort gets on the car and onto the action. Indoor prostitution is where escorts are in indoor places. These places could be massage parlors, hotels, private houses and apartments. The customer arrives to the location and meets the escort.
The Internet has reduced advertising costs.
Like any business, escorts must advertise to attract customers. Historically, this has been done by standing in a street corner or bar, placing a classified ad in the paper, or by word of mouth. The drawback of these methods is that they have a limited reach. They also do not allow both parties (the customer and the escort) to exchange enough information about the wanted services on one side and offered services and their costs on the other.
The Internet allows advertisers to reach a global audience. It also allows the advertiser to convey much more information regarding prices and services offered than a brief conversation in a street corner or in a classified advertisement. Those escorts offering specialized services are the ones that benefit the most from the Internet since it allows potential customers to find them by their specialties.
The Internet has also benefitted customers. They can obtain more information beforehand regarding an escort and its services. This allows a better match between the customer wants and the escort offered services.
The Internet has reduced security costs.
Escorts meet a great range of people in their profession. Not all these people have the best intention. In those countries where prostitution is illegal, escorts must avoid the authorities. Therefore, security represents a significant cost. This security cost goes from refusing unknown customers (which could be an undercover police officer or a dangerous customer) to hiring drivers and enforcers. Also, some escorts band together in a group to share costs or joined agencies that provide such services. In exchange, the escort gives a percentage of its fee to the agency. This percentage can be significant and in some cases it could be half of the escort fee.
With the Internet, the escorts could verify by themselves their potential customer identity or references before meeting the customer. This would reduce or eliminate the fee that they would pay a third-party to provide such service.
The Internet has reduced outdoor prostitution.
Outdoor prostitution is obviously much more visible to the community at large. Due to this visibility, especially for those countries where prostitution is illegal, law enforcement agencies are obligated to reduce as much as possible this visibility for legal, political or public policy reasons. In contrast, indoor prostitution does not have the same visibility to the community and law enforcement. Therefore, law enforcement is not as focused into indoor prostitution.
Generally, outdoor prostitution is concentrated in a small number of city blocks. This small geographic area allows law enforcement to conduct enforcement at an acceptable cost. Law enforcement, like any public agency, operates with a limited budget to meet a large number of public needs. In contrast, indoor prostitution is spread over a larger geographical area and there are a smaller number of escorts in each individual site. This feature could make the cost of a law enforcement operation to be much higher than the benefit obtained.
Finally, for an escort, outdoor prostitution is also more dangerous since the escort has a limited time to verify the credentials of a potential client. However, thanks to the Internet, potential customers can find the escort’s services and those customers can be verified by the escort beforehand. This makes indoor prostitution preferred to outdoor prostitution.
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