Achievement is equated with cash flow, but promiscuity is shunned.
An interesting breakdown of the TER rating scheme, laid out in a way Iâd never seen before:Â
âThe highest score a provider can receive is a 7, unless they: 1) kiss with tongue 2) offer oral without a condom 3) are bisexual 4) offer anal sex, or 5) participate with more than one man (assuming that the client is a man) at the same time. For each service, a provider can earn one point. In some cases, earning a full 10 points is impossible without crossing personal boundaries, and often confusing when the provider doesnât identify as a cis woman; furthermore, ratings are not selected by clients, but by TER administrators who read a clientâs description of the meeting.
That means that a less verbose client may have had a 10/10 meeting, but the TER staff (who are anonymous, but presumably all straight men) may read it as a 7/10 experience, or some lower designation. For a provider who isnât a cis woman, itâs easy to imagine that higher ratings are regularly unattainable under this specific male gaze, and especially in a place where ads for transgender sex workers are listed separately under a âTranssexualâ category (here and on Eros). As a result of this unpredictable rating system, many high-class providers have removed their listings from TER or adopted a âno reviewâ policy, which effectively bans you from advertising on the site. For those providers, itâs no big deal; for survival sex workers, itâs self-destruction.â
â From, Sex Work Has a Class Problem, Emily Smith.















