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From a legal
perspective, escort agencies claim that they are
dispatching these individuals to provide a
social or conversational service, since
prostitution laws often forbid taking payment
for sex or communicating for the purpose of
arranging a contract for sexual services.
Advertisements for
escort agencies often carefully skirt the legal
line, and avoid specifically offering
prostitution or sexual services. This fact in
turn is well-known to police and the political
powers, who, where prostitution is illegal,
usually prefer to act against more visible and
problematic street prostitution.
An escort agency will
recruit individuals to work as escorts by
placing employment advertisements in a magazine
or newspaper. They typically maintain a list of
escorts of different ages and appearances to
cater to the varying interests of clients.
Some escort services
may specifically deal in a certain type of
escort. The normally specialize in only one sex
but usually carry everything from BDSM, bondage,
straight, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and in many
cases
Transsexuals.
Larger escort service
websites provide photo galleries of their
escorts. Clients contact agencies by telephone
or via email and offer a description of what
kind of escorts are sought. The agency will then
suggest an escort who might fit that client's
need.
Most of the internet sites are simply a go-between the agency and the
escort. The put you in touch with the escort
directly to set up your own meeting.
The arm's length relationship between the escort
and the escort agency is designed to protect the
escort agency (to some degree) from prosecution
for breaking laws against prostitution. It
places the responsibility for arranging any
illegal prostitution-oriented activities, in the
hands of the escort.
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