Also the term used for a male or female companion hired for their time
only. However what happens during that time is up to the escort and the
client. It is a very thin line of distinction between prostitution and
escorting, however the classic definition of a prostitute is someone
who offers sex for money. An escort is defined as someone who offers
companionship and time for money.
There are innumerable
advertisements for escorts in the back of any
metropolitan U.S. paper. This in itself is perhaps a wonderful exposure of
North American social and
sexual ideals. Prostitution is indeed
illegal but there are
none-the-less overflowing "
erotic services" ads in the back of any city's newspaper. As long as it is quiet and discrete then Mrs
Haggard, Mrs Swagert, Mrs
Foley, Mrs
Spitzer, Mrs Larry
Craig, and all the rest of the public here will look the other way. At least until it involves the
media.