# Who wants to be a hooker? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326 "2005-04-27T05:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326/21 "2005-05-07T12:17:46Z")
(At the risk of bringing this thread down to ‘bummer’ level) One of the few times I’ve stopped and looked at an article in the news stand: the photos for the article were a collection of mugshots from two women as they ‘progressed’ in their training. The first girl’s first picture looked like she was fresh off the bus from the farm. fresh, cute, bright eyed. The second photo she looked like she lost a lot of the blush of youth. the third photo she had a black eye and her jaw was wired shut, and the last one she looked like she’d aged 25 years. It was a rather distrubing progression. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326/22 "2005-05-07T23:04:04Z")
> [@Unintentionally Blank](#): > > One of the few times I’ve stopped and looked at an article in the news stand: the photos for the article were a collection of mugshots from two women as they ‘progressed’ in their training. The first girl’s first picture looked like she was fresh off the bus from the farm. fresh, cute, bright eyed. The second photo she looked like she lost a lot of the blush of youth. the third photo she had a black eye and her jaw was wired shut, and the last one she looked like she’d aged 25 years. > > It was a rather distrubing progression. Very disturbing. But I’m not sure what it has to do with the OP, or with Carol Leigh. From what I understand, she’s promoting the legalization of prostitution and better working conditions for “sex workers” (i.e. not ending up with a black eye and your jaw wired shut). I’d think she’d be as distressed by those pictures as you were…and she’s doing something about it. Maybe not what you think should be done about it, but nonetheless… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326/23 "2005-05-07T23:06:09Z")
> [@Atheist Princess](#): > > Come on… :rolleyes: Sorry, that’s $50 extra. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326/24 "2005-05-07T23:55:56Z")
It would also make for an interesting “Take your Son or Daughter to Work Day” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326/25 "2005-05-08T00:39:28Z")
Did a lot of out of work dot commers really get into the red collar job market? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326/26 "2005-05-08T00:57:06Z")
Whore College? WHORE-AY! 😃 [sub]I can’t believe nobody made this joke[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326/27 "2005-05-08T06:13:50Z")
I started a whorehouse a couple of years ago. Then I realized that I couldn’t afford to hire any girls. So I had to run it by hand for a couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326/28 "2005-05-08T09:43:19Z")
Jay Leno mentioned this in one of his monologues. To paraphrase: A hooker college? Isn’t that what women used to do to get through a real college? And what do they do if they flunk out of hooker college? Fall back on their typing skills? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-be-a-hooker/301326.md?page=1)