&ldquo;In recent years, we have come to see a gradual normalization of independent escort prostitution, where sexual encounters have come to resemble quasi-dating relationships,&rdquo; stated study author Christine Milrod. <img alt="Sex and relationships, Regular clients want real love from sex workers" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/aug/sex-worker_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 373px; " /> Representational pic &ldquo;Our study shows that regular clients of a particular sex provider often come to experience feelings of deep affection, which can progress into an authentic love story,&rdquo; Milrod said. In this new study, Milrod and co-author Ronald Weitzer analyzed 2,442 postings on an online discussion board from a sex provider review site where more than a million clients of sex workers read and post about their experiences. Approximately one-third included a discussion about emotional intimacy between sex workers and their clients, many of whom expressed a desire to grow their relationships beyond the physical level in the form of sharing private feelings and mutual love. &ldquo;These relationships follow a conventionally romantic script that normalizes the liaison and destigmatizes both provider and client,&rdquo; stated Milrod. &ldquo;The study shows that this kind of normalization may manifest itself in a merger of finances, families and finally monogamous partnerships &ndash; the provider is no longer just a supplier of the girlfriend experience, but a real-life romantic partner,&rdquo; Milrod added. The study is published in a recent edition of Men and Masculinities, a SAGE journal.

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