Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Dear Jane


I've gotten quite a few new letters from johns since my Newsweek piece ran. This past weekend, I got my first letter from a jane, a woman who paid for sex: "I Got What I Wanted." According to the Wall Street Journal's "How the New Rich Are Changing the Oldest Profession, "According to a survey by Russ Alan Prince, president of Connecticut-based wealth-research firm Prince & Associates, in his book The Sky’s The Limit, a sizable percentage of the super wealthy use escorts. He surveyed 661 people who owned private jets. It found that 34% of males and 20% of females had paid for sex." She writes:
It wasn't romantic, but I wasn't looking for romance. It turned out to be the best $2,000 I ever spent--that includes a $500 tip.