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Everyone,
I got to thinking about the relationship between PERB (and other review boards) and the industry itself. The question I want to ask and maybe offer some initial ideas for is this: which side of the industry is more dependent on the other? To state it differently, does the industry need PERB to promote it services and personalities more than PERB needs the industry to cooperate with its practice of reviewing services that are provided in any location?

My initial thoughts are that PERB needs the industry more than the industry needs PERB. I don't know the exact date that PERB came online and started offer its service to the citizens of Vancouver, but it obviously was much later than the industry itself started offering ITS services to those same Vancouverites. The industry was very successful in Vancouver (and lots of other places) before the internet and PERB. If the internet should somehow mysterious disappear tomorrow, the industry would continue on very happily and successfully without it.

But lets look at the other side. What would happen to PERB if the everyone in the industry in Vancouver decided to withdrawl all of its support of PERB? There is no reason for them to do this, of course, I am writing hypothetically. What would PERB do without the support it recieves from the industry? That would mean no paid advertisers, no posts or input from any SPs or MPs in town. This would make PERB a pretty closed society: horny guys talking about their horniness. Does that sound like fun? This assumes that PERB could even continue without its advertisers. No advertisers might mean that we, as members, would have to pay for the privilege of posting to the board. I don't know about anyone else, but I cannot see myself paying to post what I am writing right now.

Some might be asking (I know I would be) "What's the point, big guy?" Two of them actually.

First, I think there are a small number of reviewers and members of PERB who think that PERB is an indispensible tool for the success of the sex industry in Vancouver. This results in some posts having a less than respectful attitude about those in the industry.

Second, I think there is also the misconception that reviews and posts are doing the SPs and MPs a favour by giving them exposure to the public. Here's something to consider with this second point. How much of the total money spent on the Vancouver sex trade originates from the wallets of PERB members? I don't know if there is any way to estimate that, but I would make a guess that a very small percentage of the clients and customers of sex workers in Vancouver have even heard of PERB. I may be guessing here, but it seems likely that the industry in Vancouver would not be the slightest bit hurt by the hypothetical disappearance of PERB.

Not sure if I have any final conclusions or anything to offer at this point. I was just hoping to start a little discussion about the relationship between the sex industry and PERB.
 

rafterman

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PERB is the Consumer Reports of the Sex Trade.

Pooners have a vested interest in keeping PERB active and accurate. One must recognize there are shills and flamers and others with hidden agendas that distort the flow of info but bottom line the board improves the lot of the punter in terms of good bad, indifferent ladies. ECON 101 more and better information makes for a better deal for the consumer ;)
 

American Male

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Annalise Lane said:
Years ago I tried to do this biz but failed because the Calgary shop owners didn't want to hire me because of my age and my size. I was not brave enough to stand on a street corner. If I had known anything about the indy industry I would have been in this business long before February of this year. If it wasn't for Paige Adams who told me about these sites and me having a computer and internet connection I never would have started.

Seems for agencies if you don’t fit the mould of model or young sp then you are not going to get hired.

Thanks for your nice response, Annalise. I saved the above sections of your response because they represent some unexplored territory for me. I was not aware that the agencies have an ideal that they want their SPs to conform to and those who don't fit the mold, don't get hired. I think this is most unfortunate. It is far too reminiscent of the modelling industry, which says that very tall and very thin is the only suitable body type for a professional model. This attitude has lead to many unhealthy women in that industry, as some of them struggle against their own bodies to conform to this image and develop eating disorders as a result. Eating disorders can lead to death, as it did with Karen Carpenter.

I am glad that PERB and other sites and the internet in general has been a huge aid in your business, Annalise. Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
 
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