In This Issue…
Health & Hibernation
Hello Everyone,
At this point in the year, we all have a tendency to quiet down.
A lot of us hibernate because of the weather. People become more depressed than at any other time of the year and we have to really take care of our health as the flu and other viruses run rampant. We touched on health and health products in the ezine for February to give you information in order for you to stay healthy and lively so you are happy, and are less likely to miss days of work. Doing so means your escort business is running at its peak.
In this issue we are touching on STDs because even though it's taken for granted that all escorts use condoms, many still don't and are coerced by their customers and the promise of extra money into NOT using condoms.
The last thing you want is a reputation for spreading disease amongst your customers.
I wish you a wonderful and healthy March, and just remember, Spring time is only a month away.
Michelle
Return To TopAwareness up across the industry
Protecting yourself and your clients from sexually transmitted diseases is a major concern of any escort. More awareness and precautions mean that we no longer have to put ourselves at risk in this industry.
A recent report shows the spread of sexually transmitted disease among sex workers to be down by as much as 50% in four years, and HIV infection rates levelling off within the industry. This is a follow-up survey to findings released in 1999, which showed disease spread was high.
While the study was conducted, and findings released in Ahmedabad, India, the decline in infection shows how awareness and precaution within our industry can have a tremendous impact on safety for everyone.
More people in the sex industry practising safe sex and using condoms meaning this trend will continue not only in India, but in all areas as well.
Learn more about how to keep yourself safe with my manual How to Become an Escort available online.
Return To TopA new Internet resource is available to help you to learn what works and what doesn't when it comes to keeping you and your clients safe
A new Internet resource is available for you to learn what works and what doesn't when it comes to protecting yourself as well as your clients.
Sex workers around the world can now help protect themselves and their clients from HIV/AIDS with the first-ever online tool kit aimed at bringing valuable expertise to this industry. This resource is designed to help everyone from sex workers, to agency owners, to educators.
"Thanks to this innovative project, people working on HIV/AIDS prevention for sex workers can now learn what does and doesn't work from Poland to Papua New Guinea," said Jim Yong Kim, World Health Organization (WHO) Director of HIV/AIDS.
This resource compiles information from sex work networks around the world. Plus, it will be updated continuouslt as new information becomes available.
WHO and GTZ worked closely with sex work networks and organizations to produce the collection of more than 130 documents, manuals and research studies, such as practical "how to do it" documents like "Hustling for Health" and "Making Sex Work Safe," written by experienced sex worker groups to support programme managers.
The kit is available, for free, here.
This resource combined with the How to Become an Escort manual gives you the power and peace of mind to know you are safe.
Return To TopProstitution in the Land of Kama Sutra
Thriving continuously from antiquity to the present day, Hinduism is a religion that openly embraces sexuality. Hinduism is the source of both Tantra and the Kama Sutra, and teaches that vitality, fulfillment, and enlightenment can be achieved through sexual intercourse. The ancient temples of India are adorned with statuary depicting gods such as Shiva and Shakti in a state of eternal ecstatic embrace. Only relatively tame examples of this extraordinary religious art appear here.
Shiva is also often portrayed dancing, and one of his titles is Lord of the Dance. Temple dancers called devadasis ("servants of god") have emulated him for thousands of years. In addition to dancing, these women honor the dieties and convey their divine female energy to male worshippers through ritual sexual intercourse. Traditionally, devadasis were highly respected; considered married to the gods, they were accorded special privileges (e.g., the right to an inheritance) denied other women. Some were skilled and well educated, and these entertained only wealthy sponsors. Though India repeatedly passed laws prohibiting temple dancing and temple prostitution throughout the 20th century, thousands of devadasis continue the practice today.
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Quote of the Month
The first wealth is health ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson