How was your example a financial transaction comparable to using an escort.
When I said a "financial transaction" I meant me buying something from a shop, and training money for services.
And none of these were me and other people working at the same shop.
But they all did involve me creating "authentic relationships" with people who worked at shops that I frequented.
For example, for a while I would go running every morning and end up at a donut shop a block from my house.
I developed a very "flirty" relationship with the cute college girl who worked there.
And this only involved me paying for a cup of coffee.
Another example is the lady I used to see to get my hair cut from.
We had a very friendly, "flirty" relationship that I still remember today, more than 20 years later, just like the donut girl.
We talked about many things and our own personal lives, etc., a very "authentic relationship" that didn't require any sexual encounters.
My point is very simple.
You don't need see an escort to create an "authentic connection."
These kinds of "authentic connections" happen all the time between staff and customers.
So again, my point is that TED talk lady doesn't provide anything that normal humans can't get anywhere else.
And again, she's trying to spin "being a hooker" as being a noble profession that provides men with what they can't get elsewhere.
However, I understand that some folks are not socially capable of creating relationships with normal people (bartenders, donut girls, barbers) and see hookers for that purpose.
But I would guess that most dudes don't see hookers because they lack relationship building skills.
It's because they want to easily and efficiently bust a nut into an eager cooch.
And I would also argue that nut busters make up the bulk of TED Talk lady's customers.