When a basically favorable article appears in Vanity Fair, things have gone mainstream...

[Bobave]

“It’s like hooking has just become like this weird, distorted extension of dating,” the D.J. says. “ ‘He took me to dinner. He throws me money for rent’—it’s just become so casual. I think it’s dating apps—when sex is so disposable, if it doesn’t mean anything, then why not get paid for it? But don’t call it prostitution—no, now it’s liberation.”
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“You can’t tell who the hookers are anymore,” says another guy at the bar, a well-known D.J. in his 30s. “They’re not strippers, they’re not on the corner, there’s no more madam. They look like all the other club girls.”

http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016...tution-economy

[Contralto]

Absolutely. We've been watching the line blur for years. In Roman and Greek societies, there was the Misses and the Mistress and they each had roles recognized by society. No longer. With the weakening of these roles, it seems like the 'wife' is the one who gets the most cash and benefits.

Good find.

[Brooke Wilde]

Thanks for the link.