America's "highest-earning sex worker" has opened up about life inside one of the country's most famous brothels, describing herself as a combination of "psychologist, relationship coach and sexpert all rolled into one". Writing in SheKnows, Alice Little, who works at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Nevada β the only state in the US to allow legal prostitution β said sex work was "stigmatising, degrading, difficult and the best thing I've ever done with my life".
Now, picture doing that 12 to 14 hours a day, five days a week. In a nutshell, that's my job. Ms Little, who holds multiple degrees and got into sex work two years ago after finding traditional work "uninteresting", said she spent her downtime educating herself about human sexuality, psychology and sociology.
She starts her day at 7am with an hour-long workout, before beginning the "daily ritual of putting on my war paint". Am I working floor traffic today? What are my goals? This internal dialogue continues through my minute drive to work. Sex workers at the Bunny Ranch are independent contractors, able to set their own rates and decorate their suite how they like β Little said for her, that meant a coffee station β but also have to buy their own supplies.
They finish the tour back in the lady's suite, where they negotiate. Personally, I hate that word: I always consider it to be more of a conversation. We then settle on a price and proceed to the office to book the party.
She added that while "you may assume my job is primarily about sex", that "couldn't be further from the truth". In that same vein, there isn't one type of person that becomes a sex worker. We are an incredibly diverse group of ladies with one commonality β a genuine passion for intimacy. She described sex work as a "public service", but one that not everyone in society was comfortable with. Much like petting a cat can lower your blood pressure, so too can a quality hug.
