OK, so why DO men frequent prostitutes?

[LuvNewcastle]

36. Women get prostitutes too, you know.

Sometimes they just tip the delivery boy a little something extra, but it happens all the time. I think the most common theme with prostitution, whether it's men or women, is the fulfillment of a fantasy. The sex is only part of the overall fantasy. They have these fantasies about the kind of relationships they desire and they know those fantasies can't or won't be fulfilled by average people, so they pay people to provide the fantasy.

A lot of prostitutes have fantasies, too, usually about some rich person who comes along and falls in love with them and takes them away from their sordid lives. Some prostitutes like the sense of power they have over their tricks, often because they come from a background in which they were at the mercy of other people.

Prostitution exists because people want to escape their reality, the same reason they turn to drugs, drunkenness, gambling, and other vices. People can only take so much reality before they need an escape.