<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[About My Job: The Oldest&nbsp;Profession]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="font-size: 12px;">by Conor Friedersdorf</span></em></p> <p>Reader number one:</p><blockquote><p>I am a Professional Eroticist. Some call that a prostitute, whore, escort, call girl, whatever.</p><p>What people <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/08/question.html">don&#39;t know or understand</a> about my job is I LOVE my work, only do what I want to do, meet who I want to meet, and feel it is a spiritual experience. The main reason I do anything in life at this stage is A) it feeds my soul, and B) it makes my pussy tingle. I get just as much pleasure out of it as my clients.&#0160; I can&#39;t imagine any other motivation for work, art, life.</p><p>This is not my only job, but it is my favorite job and the one that is most reliable particularly in this economy. I would have a hard time giving it up. I would miss it and I would miss my clients. Most people would be surprised to find out the 49 year old former housewife who raised 2 great kids to adulthood and has several college degrees, weighing in at 300 lbs, and living in the nice suburban home with the dog and the pool etc. is a prostitute. </p> </blockquote> <p>Reader number two:]]></html></oembed>