In Whore of New York: A Confession, Liara Roux traces her time as an escort, illuminating the pleasure, insights, and stigma of sex work
with a question she’s been asked many times: “When did you first think of starting sex work?” Her answer, in part, is to reflect on her conservative Christian upbringing. Roux recalls lying in bed at a young age and praying to God: “Please don’t ever let me stop believing in You. I know that otherwise I would do a lot of drugs, convert to communism, and become a prostitute.
That makes me think about the demands of authenticity in service work—and how you talk about performance in your work. There are many scenes where you illustrate the waxing and waning of performance, where you’re sometimes playing to a client’s fantasy and sometimes experiencing a genuine moment of connection.
You write that, for you, “sex is something that is less emotional than it is for most,” that you’d “rather have bad sex than a bad haircut.” How come?By bad sex, I’m not talking about sexual assault, just a consensual experience that is not great. Maybe it’s because I’m experienced enough to know how to curtail it or elegantly figure out a way to segue from the sex.
I think there was a lot of misunderstanding of vaginas and how they work, what feels good. There’s definitely a lot of people who watched a lot of porn, which, porn is great, I love porn, but if that’s how you’re getting all your sex tips, you might have some funny ideas about how vaginas work. Discussing lube was really interesting.
More often than not, cops are most feared by sex workers. When I was working, I was worried about violence from clients but, even more than that, I was worried about a run-in with a copYou are clear that your experiences in sex work are not universal, that you experienced a high degree of privilege working online. How so?
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