Escort Stalkers
Stalking as an issue on the whole has been given more awareness in the media and authorities are taking stalking much more serious today. Escorts find themselves in vulnerable positions to unwanted attentions from clients. As escorting is a companionship service, with many variations, many gentlemen can manufacture fantasy relationships with escorts they hire. GFE escorts provide the "girlfriend experience", so they act with attention and pampering as part of the service. If you are a gentleman that is emotionally unstable or are a fantasise, rather than confine those actions as a professional providing a service, they believe those affections to be real and form a relationship based on that. At first it can start with unwanted phone calls, presents, e-mails etc This can progress into a higher intensity and lead to unwanted personal visits. Stalking is a violation to the personal space, rights and welfare to anybody on the receiving end. Due to the nature of the work escorts provide, they are at an even high risk from stalkers.
First and foremost if you are an escort and find you are getting unwanted attention that is getting worse, you need to contact the authorities. They need to be aware of the situation for your personal safety. If you work for an agency then get the agency to ban the person in question as a client as well. Many agencies have safeguards in place to verify and ban clients, so do not hesitate to tell someone about the situation. Be very reluctant to go out of your way to meet the stalker if they request. You may want to tell them to leave you alone, but meeting them only fuels their fantasy and control over you.
Stalkers come from every walk of life, background and race. The escort market needs to raise the awareness of stalkers and the authorities need to understand the greater risked posed for the escort market as a whole.
Safety should be on the forefront of an independent escort or agency owner. There is no denying the fact that a significant number of escort dates involve women meeting complete strangers. They don't know the mentality or nature of the gentlemen. Safety is an important aspect for the market and everybody involved. Agencies should be very pro active when dealing with all the issues faced and have steps to deal with unwanted behaviour or dangerous clients. Escorts themselves have to vigilante and not feel that they have no help when dealing with matters when it comes to their personal safety. Stalking in any way shape or form is illegal and should be dealt with by the authorities. There is more and more awareness in the public eye about this matter.