This has been an interesting one to watch.
Believe it or not, there are trade groups in the U.S. representing sex workers, and the overall sex work market is larger in the U.S. than it is in Canada, simply due to the population size.
Of course there isn’t one “U.S.”, but 50 different state laws and vastly different levels of enforcement among the different cities and counties in a state. And of course the beloved federal government, which has a policy of not going after ordinary sex workers and Johns, but only the organizers (unless minors are involved). What that really means is that the federal government is interested in seizing assets.
Among the northeast states, Massachusetts has long had the most aggressive enforcement of prostitution laws, particularly in jurisdictions within the state with a bitchy female prosecutor that calls all sex work by the term sex trafficking.
For a long time, escorts and escort groups that did heavy screening were simply not pursued by law enforcement. The sex workers correctly argue that it keeps them safe from physical harm. It is a valid point, and of course why so many sex workers in Toronto do screening.
Grudgingly, one has to admit that the Massholes have something of a point here, even though they broke the truce (the law enforcement focus on placing fake ads and going after those who don’t screen). As I said before, this was a group openly advertising BBFS and using ladies who spoke little or no English and rotated among different states).
Hopefully, the bust and prosecution of customers (they will likely be offered diversion by going to the School for Johns, but it depends on just how bitchy the prosecutor is) will prove to be an isolated incidence with respect to ladies and groups who screen. Even among the so called left wing of the U.S., there has been an attack on all things foreign in the U.S. so it simply isn’t a good idea to use these Asian groups, especially when they are offering BBFS in their ads.
The big group, Bostonintescorts, is still going strong. It has mostly white women, and its Asian ladies speak English. A shame the good doctor (who should be plenty rich) and the councilman didn’t just use that group and/or the many independent escorts. There can be a high price to a low cost, and a high price for BBFS, in the U.S., when it comes to law enforcement.
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