Samantha X: This is why men pay for sex
A FORMER high-class escort has insisted that men are looking for a lot more than just sex when they book girls for a night. Samantha X, whose real name is Amanda Goff, 43, addressed some of the stigma attached to paying for sex.
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A FORMER high-class escort has insisted that men are looking for a lot more than just sex when they book girls for a night.
Samantha X, whose real name is Amanda Goff, 43, addressed some of the stigma attached to paying for sex on her website.
The mum-of-two responded to a fan letter asking for her opinion on whether men seek out dating sites like Tinder and affairs website Ashley Madison to avoid paying for sex.
Samantha said: “As for paying for sex — there will always be a stigma for some men who can’t and don’t understand why they need to pay for it — regardless of whether they are on those websites or not.
“But what some don’t understand is that they are not just paying for sex.
“They are paying for an experience far richer than that; a deep level of connection, intimacy, companionship — something I truly believe most people — men and women — are really searching for in the first place.”
She also distanced dating app Tinder from sex-focused sites Ashley Madison and Red Hot Pie.
Samantha wrote: “The brief few weeks I dabbled in Tinder, I mostly met men who were looking for something deeper than a quick bonk.”
And she also addressed what deters men from paying for sex as opposed to seeking it for free from dating apps.
She said: “Are men really seeking out free sex on adult websites because of the stigma of paying for it? The answer — I think — is no. For some men anyway.”
It’s not the first time Samantha has used her platform to address issues she feels strongly about regarding the sex industry.
The former journalist and best-selling author, who grew up in London but now lives in Sydney, Australia, and has two children with her former partner.
Last year, Samantha announced she was dating Australian TV host Ryan Phelan, and the pair have uploaded shots together on their social media profiles.
She recently wrote on Twitter and Instagram: “To any woman out there who thinks their job as a stripper/sex worker/dancer/porn star makes you a ‘bad mother’ — NO.
“Abusing and killing your kids makes you a bad mother. Not providing for them.”
She is now dating Channel 7 Sunrise regular Ryan Phelan, 42, and told in September 2014 how boredom at work led to her transition from a divorced mum to a highly paid escort.
She wrote in book, Hooked — Secrets of a High Class Escort, how she would stare out the window of her Sydney office at “the grey buildings” and “fantasise about drinking champagne in a hotel room with a man”.
One day, she decided to visit a bordello on her lunch break.
Two days later she was having sex for money.
Just last month, Samantha X announced she was quitting the escort business.
She also revealed she was quitting her job to focus on running her escort agency, Samantha X Angels, which she started up in 2015.
Samantha has also offered her services as a relationship coach for blokes — on a strictly clothes-on basis, of course.
The story originally appeared in The Sun and is reproduced here with permission