Is prostitution more enjoyable than programming?

newsguy 4 Tallied Votes 2K Views Share

It has been one of the great blogging success stories, not to mention literary mysteries. But now the true identity of the Diary of a London Call Girl blogger has been revealed, by Belle de Jour herself. The blog, based upon a secret life covering 14 months as a high class escort and prostitute in London, spawned a successful national newspaper column, a best-selling book and even a TV movie.

For a number of years now speculation has been rife as to who Belle de Jour really was, with the media 'outing' everyone from the editor of the Erotic Review (Rowan Pelling) to best selling novelist and author of How To Lose Friends And Alienate people, Toby Young. While the notion of Belle de Jour being a balding man was amusing, the actual revelation of identity has been no less shocking. The woman behind the blog, and who did indeed work as a £300 per hour hooker in London six years ago, is actually now a respected research scientist called Dr Brooke Magnanti.

Dr Magnanti is a developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology specialist, and turned to prostitution in 2003 when she was having money troubles during the final stages of her PhD thesis. The 34 year old told the Sunday Times that she has no regrets and that while she "did have another job at one point, as a computer programmer" she kept up with the prostitution as "it was so much more enjoyable".

So there you have it, prostitution is more enjoyable than computer programming. Truth be told, at a rate of £300 per hour it pays better as well.

Nick Evan 4,005 Industrious Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster

>> So there you have it, prostitution is more enjoyable than computer programming.

I'm not going to give my job up just yet, if you don't mind :)

UserName21 0 Newbie Poster

niek_e, no one minds, because no one wants to have sex with you anyway.

Nick Evan 4,005 Industrious Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster

Touché.

Glentropy 0 Newbie Poster

I am happy for her. If you are good at something you don't do it for free.

happygeek 2,411 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster

To be fair, she seems to be good at two things: writing (her fourth book is due soon, and the first three have been best sellers) and cancer research. Those are the things we should be celebrating, not the fact that she ended up prostituting herself in order to complete her education surely?

WolterHunter 0 Newbie Poster

Why would you not celebrate her prostitution? What's wrong with prostitution?

And at £300 an hour, I'd expect she was pretty damn good at it. So that's three things, not two.

MosaicFuneral 812 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso

More enjoyable? Only could say if I tried it, but that's a tad hard when you look like a heavy-weight and tend to speak in guttural tongues when tired.

And if it's only enjoyable because of the money; then it doesn't sound that great(I mental challenges).

WolterHunter 0 Newbie Poster

Who says it's only enjoyable because of the money?

MosaicFuneral 812 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso

You didn't read the condition IF ONLY; since, what percentage of prostitutes are high-class?

WolterHunter 0 Newbie Poster

You're trying to muddy the waters based on something you admit you have no experience with.

MosaicFuneral 812 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso

Then why are you biting the bait, if you see the hook?

Reread it, read the Time's article link, analyze it and you'll see it was all about the money.

WolterHunter 0 Newbie Poster

What? You mean this quote?

“I did have another job at one point, as a computer programmer, but I kept up with my other work because it was so much more enjoyable.”

Sounds like she enjoyed her work to me.

But hell, you could also throw out this equally meaningless statement:

"And if computer programming's only enjoyable because of the money; then it doesn't sound that great."

MosaicFuneral 812 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso

"And if [Job-X]'s only enjoyable because of the money; then it doesn't sound that great."

Sounds like a creed to live by. You also forgot the "I [need] mental challenges" part.

And my first comment was referring to how I(not her) would likely not enjoy it more than programming.

ChaseNetwork 0 Newbie Poster

0.0005%?

throbber 0 Newbie Poster

i'd have thought that either profession would leave you feeling used and abused. At least thats how I feel at the end of the day.

Alex_ 0 Junior Poster

That's so pathetic and sad that such a potential person went down on prostitution just for money/pleasure. I feel sorry/sad for her!

She has lost almost any sight of virtue. I hope she'll regret it because it is a bad thing. (and to all who say it's nothing wrong: you're sick and blind of the sin you carry with you!).

Why the history is getting darker? Because people like staying in the dark, not seeing their sins... they don't want to be enlightened, they don't want to see their filthiness!

ithelp 757 Posting Virtuoso Banned

Work culture at many software companies are worse than 24x7 call center, atleast in call center you have got 2 shifts , in software company there is one shift only . Here is modified version of vision of billion dollar software company.
"Welcome to slave network. Changing the way slaves work, live,play and learn ;-) Shape the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented opportunties for your manager to screw you up the ass."

Mobile_Ram 0 Newbie Poster

hey she said (HIGH CLASS PROSTITUTE), so she got to pick who she slept with fro money. If she was hot, then im sure she got to pick the wealthy good looking guys, so she is not only enjoying a life a lot might want but is making more in a day, then probalby anyone on this forum. SHe could do 1 jon a day for only 3 days a week and make much more then me.

BestJewSinceJC 700 Posting Maven

Alex:

"That's so pathetic and sad that such a potential person went down on prostitution just for money/pleasure. I feel sorry/sad for her!

She has lost almost any sight of virtue. I hope she'll regret it because it is a bad thing. (and to all who say it's nothing wrong: you're sick and blind of the sin you carry with you!).

Why the history is getting darker? Because people like staying in the dark, not seeing their sins... they don't want to be enlightened, they don't want to see their filthiness!"

Your idea of virtue isn't perfect. Taking a utilitarian point of view, since she was happy (she enjoyed the sex and achieved a higher goal: her degree) and I'm sure that her clients were happy, then the action is good because everyone is happy except you (and you don't count, your viewpoint has no basis in logic, it only has a basis in Jesus).

ov3rcl0ck 25 Junior Poster

Looks like I'm gonna change my career path now!

Lonestar Jack 0 Newbie Poster

Far better than being a politician

UberJoker 0 Junior Poster in Training

she probably only slept with customers who seemed clean and who she was attracted to...that would make it quite enjoyable...and since she was a high class escort, she was probably able to find some good looking men(i think :D). even 1 a day would get he quite a bit of money per week.

drichird 1 Newbie Poster

With one you need to debug functions, with the other you need to function then debug.

AuburnMathTutor 37 Junior Poster

I stopped trusting whores a long time ago.

racoon8995 0 Light Poster

Unbelievable!

Ndoom 0 Newbie Poster

well, it's a bit weird to see some newbies posting here and they were registered in the same month! O_O

Anyway, regarding Belle.. In my opinion, what happened shows the other side of her personality, or her inner self.. Money was the reason, hmmm.. well, any respectful woman wouldn't get that job just for money.

Doesn't she feel ashamed? >_> .. She's smiling! =/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_de_Jour_%28writer%29

flasp -4 Light Poster

People get dumber by the days that goes by.. More enjoyable to get d..k from 20 men a day? I dont buy that.

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