Brenda, a year-old woman from the Netherlands, told Insider that she quit her job as a nurse to become a sex worker eight years ago. She is one of licensed escorts in Amsterdam, according to figures shown in the Red Light Secrets Museum.
She said she is employed by an escort agency the name of which she wouldn't disclose for privacy reasons , which caters to clients with disabilities and health issues.
The agency Brenda works for takes note of any disabilities or health issues clients may have so that escorts are aware of "how to handle certain medical things," she said. For example, she said if you have a client who is in a wheelchair you must be aware of the correct way to help them out of the chair and into bed. Brenda said that working for an agency is different from working in the windows of the Red Light District because the agency charges an hourly rate, whereas the average visit to a window is between seven and 10 minutes.
When Brenda first started the job, she said some clients tried to build a rapport before engaging in sex β so she was surprised when other clients didn't require an icebreaker. However, Brenda said she was also surprised when some clients tried to engage in an emotional relationship. She said one client asked to take her on a date to the zoo, which she said she was allowed to do as long as they were aware that it wasn't romantic β "I am not your girlfriend, this is business," she said.
If one client wants to take you to the zoo β which has happened to me β they can do that, but they have to pay," she said. Men who become regular clients of sex workers often develop feelings of romance or love, according to a study published in Men and Masculinities and cited by HuffPost in Melissa Petro , a freelance writer and former sex worker who worked as a call girl on Craigslist, told Time that she knew of women who had gotten into a relationship or even married their former clients.
