Spectator Magazine has a column in their online archives written by an anonymous writer, a man who was sentenced to Johns' School in San Francisco. I only touched on Johns briefly in my prostitution series but I wanted to revisit these men and women.

Just as prostitutes are regularly and unfairly portrayed in a manner that flies against their reality, Johns too are given an inaccurate illustration. Usually portrayed as either brutish and abusive or whimpering and pathetic, most Johns or clients are typical men. Yes, some can be abusive and brutish the they are not the majority. Yes, some may be 'losers' but rarely is it explained that Johns that fall into that category are extremely shy and unsure how to otherwise approach a woman. Especially if said woman is beautiful. There are Johns who need male or female prostitutes to work through sexual orientation problems. Some men are indeed lonely, but why is that a crime?

Still others are men who don't want to be in a committed relationship and instead of being seen as sparing the feelings of women who want to be attached, they're portrayed as being cold. Most Johns crave professional sex. There is a difference between a woman who's had a lot of sex (usually the same kind) with the three boyfriends she had before getting married and a woman who has sex with many different men with different sexual appetites and desires. Most people prefer professionals in other aspects of life, so why not sex?

And the unseen, unheard Johns who should really be called Janes. There are female Johns (I'm going to refer to them as Janes from now on) who request the service of gigolos or whores but since women are supposed to be asexual outside of marriage or a committed monogamous relationship in this society, they are overlooked and thought to be as rare as a blue unicorn riding a unicycle. 

I want to return your attention to the article link above. Every large city in the United States has one of those John Schools. Back in my sexually unenlightened days I thought this was a good idea. Having matured intellectually since then I know how such schools only make life worse for the streetwalkers and for their clients, most of whom are decent men who just want a little pussy. The goal of these schools is to harangue and intimidate arrested Johns into never procuring streetwalkers ever again. Though rare, escorts and their clients are targeted. However, I think that takes more effort than vice squads want to go through.