Monday, November 16, 2009

Entering my 8th year...Good God where does the time go?

My name is C* and I've been a sex worker for nearly 8 years, and in more recent times I have worked in Ireland, but specifically Dublin. I get my customers from the so called "Escort" websites that are run from places like Belfast in order to get around Irish laws on this issue. As I'm sure the more savvy people amongst you are probably aware, sites advertising "Escort" services are in fact advertising sex for sale. The word "Escort" is a total euphemism in most cases. Gone are the days of the high class courtesan, or Escort, who was typically a refined, well educated lady selcted as much for breeding and intellect as anything else. Such women often commanded fees of up to four figures for a simple dinner date. However, the expansion of the E.U., which saw an influx of Eastern European women, very often charging half the rates of the established escorts saw the High Class Escort scene virtually collapse as they could not compete with so much cheaper competition. No, in today's sex market, particularly here in Dublin, the order of the day is a visit to one of the girls on the site, who will typically be in a hotel or private apartment. Unlike the UK, sites advertising and promoting prostitution are illegal here, so they are all hosted outside of the republic.
Most of the girls on the sites will be visiting Dublin and other Irish cities toply their trade for a few days, and will then move on to the next place. Like me, a lot of the girls advertised on these sites are Australian, and there are also English, Scottish, East European, Latin American, and African. You will find many east europeans advertising as being Scandinavian also.You name it, it's there, and the sex trade in Dublin is booming. When I first arrived in Dublin in 2008 I did so at the behest of a man named Peter*, a friendly sounding local guy who had seen an ad which I dubiously posted announcing a planned "tour" to Dublin. I had posted the ad just to put out the feelers and suss whether there would be much demand for my services over the Irish Sea...and Blimey O'Reilly was I in for a shock..
From the first instant I arrived in Dublin as a 26 year old student operating under the name of Cristina* the demand for my sexual services was constant. The cheap mobile I had purchased with the pay as you go Irish SIM card I had bought on e-bay hardly stopped ringing, and I don't think I have ever done so much shagging in a 48 hour period as I did on that first visit to Dublin..
I just couldn't believe it...
And I have to say thank you to Peter for being so helpful on that first ever visit, because he really helped me out, even driving me to a booking in Ranelagh...If you reading this Peter, a big Thank You xx

*Names changed for privacy reasons