Monday, January 14, 2008
What Do You Look Like, Rose?
I'm asked this from time to time, and the question always strikes me as odd. So do requests for photographs.
If I was 78, wheel-chair-bound, with all the physical attributes you imagine such things describe, would it make any difference to our erotic fantasy spinning in the ether?
For the truth is, what we are doing is reaching into your psyche and pulling pleasurably on the bulbous glans which, for all intents and purposes, you want stroked more than your man-meat. This neither requires my physical self nor images of my attributes.
When escorting, obviously my looks were a huge part of the business. A man who requests a lithe Asian woman will not be soothed by a buxom blonde with a bodonk-a-donk butt -- not just because these attributes do not serve the specific fantasy he has, but there are trust issues as well. More than the old bait-and-switch, the unexpectedness upon opening the door reaffirms this is a stranger -- and there are always dangers with strangers.
Being as described is often the only calming influence an escort brings to a new client; it's proof that our word is our bond. Our physical attributes are not just selling points or game pieces for play, but the reality, the security, we bring to our meeting.
And as I type this I realize the connection between caller and PSO's physical appearance...
The sometimes intense needs to know what I look like 'for real', even to see it in photographs, is nothing more than you wanting something tangible out of all of this. Something which means our connection is real, something which proves I'm not entirely a dream girl that you've made up in your mind -- because if I am just that, well then, haven't you just been stroking yourself after all?
If this is at all the truth, then gazing upon my body provides not just the visual lust cues that men are so famous for following; it provides a sense of reality. I become real.
And so, I will have to reconsider the need for photographs of myself... Juxtaposed with my own need for privacy (and the possibility that marketing my face &/or form may delight one as easily as it disappoints another) this new idea of my physical appearance as comforting reality no longer can be so easily dismissed.
If I was 78, wheel-chair-bound, with all the physical attributes you imagine such things describe, would it make any difference to our erotic fantasy spinning in the ether?
For the truth is, what we are doing is reaching into your psyche and pulling pleasurably on the bulbous glans which, for all intents and purposes, you want stroked more than your man-meat. This neither requires my physical self nor images of my attributes.
When escorting, obviously my looks were a huge part of the business. A man who requests a lithe Asian woman will not be soothed by a buxom blonde with a bodonk-a-donk butt -- not just because these attributes do not serve the specific fantasy he has, but there are trust issues as well. More than the old bait-and-switch, the unexpectedness upon opening the door reaffirms this is a stranger -- and there are always dangers with strangers.
Being as described is often the only calming influence an escort brings to a new client; it's proof that our word is our bond. Our physical attributes are not just selling points or game pieces for play, but the reality, the security, we bring to our meeting.
And as I type this I realize the connection between caller and PSO's physical appearance...
The sometimes intense needs to know what I look like 'for real', even to see it in photographs, is nothing more than you wanting something tangible out of all of this. Something which means our connection is real, something which proves I'm not entirely a dream girl that you've made up in your mind -- because if I am just that, well then, haven't you just been stroking yourself after all?
If this is at all the truth, then gazing upon my body provides not just the visual lust cues that men are so famous for following; it provides a sense of reality. I become real.
And so, I will have to reconsider the need for photographs of myself... Juxtaposed with my own need for privacy (and the possibility that marketing my face &/or form may delight one as easily as it disappoints another) this new idea of my physical appearance as comforting reality no longer can be so easily dismissed.
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3 comments:
Funny, I've actually thought about this before... in the context of any old online relationship. It shouldn't matter what the other person looks like, especially when there is no plan to meet. It's all about the mind, after all. Nevertheless, I do want to know what he looks like. I want to close my eyes and imagine him doing the things he describes to me. And maybe, if he was particularly unattractive to me, I would have more difficulty with that imagining (although my definition of attractive is quite broad, and I can't think of a time when this has been an issue -- so far).
Interesting topic.
Marianne
Of course I can understand why they're curious. Men are very visual creatures, they need that image in their mind to help them get off.
It's funny because I hate most photographs of myself and have actually spent most of my escort career finding places to advertise that I wouldn't or couldn't post photos of myself. I'd get irritated if the potential clients would ask for a photo, reminding them that "I'm very discreet," but it's worked out for me. They like what I have to say and are pleased one they finally meet me. As a phone sex operator, I'd probably be even more irritated by these requests, but it's hard not to ignore the fact that they are very natural and completely normal.
Where to begin... You see, phone work is quite different, in my experience, than in person escort work -- for many reasons, of course. But the main difference is that callers are less interested in 'me' and my attributes than they are in what fantasies I can spin about them.
For example, a caller asking about my escort services will begin with looks, especially when seeking a fantasy companion (blonde, stacked, tall etc.) while a person asking about my phone services asks if I can handle certain fantasies and then presses with details.
I don't mean to make either sound rude; that's not my intent at all. However, with phone work, there's been much more an emphasis on what I can do. Usually it's the regular callers who 'get around' to asking what I 'really' look like &/or ask for photos which seems (or at least did so at the start of this post) out of place because they've been satisfied -- several calls over *wink* -- so why 'bother' with that now?
I really don't think it is as much about the visual as it is about the connection, a tangible in a business which is not only lacking physical contact, but so temporary (in terms of auditory processing and time) as well. Photos make it all seem real.
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