Maxine is a 29-year-old British prostitute who works through an agency. She has spent three years in Hong Kong and a year before that in Hawaii, Singapore and Japan.
'MOST guys I see, 90 per cent, are married. They want to do things their wives won't do, oral sex, for example. Or they just like the thrill of paying for sex. In a relationship there are many reasons for having sex. With a prostitute, there are only two: you feel horny or you want to have power over someone.
With Hugh Grant, I don't know if he has used a hooker before but I'm sure he has been unfaithful. After eight years it is hard to keep the spice in a relationship, even though you are still in love. He probably makes love to her, but rarely has sex. For sex, you don't have to be vulnerable, it's straight-forward.
The power thing ... men are quite descriptive about what they want beforehand, quite explicit, they ask what do you do - anal or oral, do you kiss? - which isn't like in a relationship, I suppose. I don't mean power like humiliation, just setting the rules. A lot of them think all women are for sale. A client offered me $5,000 if I would kiss him, and I said no, I can't. I don't do kissing, never have. He couldn't believe it.
Most of them love their wives, there is just something they can't get. I never consider for a minute that the man is being unfaithful. It isn't emotional at all, just providing a service. If I was married I would rather see my husband go to a hooker than have a one-night stand with someone he picked up in a bar. Then he would have to woo her, think of what she wanted. With a prostitute that doesn't come in to it. You have an hour and that is it ... he wants you to leave as soon as possible. There are no cuddles, no intimacy.
Sometimes they show you pictures of their wives and kids, you feel like a social worker. They tell you their wives don't understand what they want, like oral sex, for example. A lot say they have never done this before, they say they are just lonely and want the company. So you start with a massage and then they say what they really want. A lot don't want intercourse. I think they draw a line, having oral sex is not being unfaithful.