Escort agencies are companies that book and
dispatch female or male prostitutes to a customer's
house or hotel room. Some agencies also provide escorts
for longer durations, who may stay with the client or
travel along on a holiday or business trip.
While the escort agency is paid a fee for this
booking and dispatch service, the customer must usually
negotiate an additional fee for any sex work services.
:: :: A call girl
or escort
is a
sex worker who (unlike a
street walker) is not visible to the general
public. Nor does she usually belong to an
institution like a
brothel. One must summon her, usually by calling
a
telephone number — hence the term "call girl".
:: :: Prostitution
is
sexual activity in exchange for
money.
The term is also used loosely by some to
refer to sexual activities of which they disapprove,such as sexual promiscuity or sex outside
marriage.
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.
