Katie Price reveals she considered prostitute for Autistic son, Harvey...

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Loose Women cuts out due to 'technical difficulties' as Katie Price reveals she considered prostitute for Harvey

The ITV show went off-air briefly as the Loose Women panelist said she might get one for Harvey when he's 18


Loose Women was cut due to technical difficulties today - as Katie Price revealed she considered hiring a prostitute for disabled son Harvey when he reaches 18.

During an interview with Kathy Lette, who considered getting a prostitute for her autistic son Julius, Katie revealed her husband Kieran Hayler has previously joked about doing the same thing.

She said: "My son Harvey has autism, and he's just hit puberty, and it's obviously natural to experiment with yourself during puberty.

"He has high function autism, so he's at the opposite end to Julius, and I'm like, 'Is it fair to let him go without?'

"Kieran joked and said maybe we should get him a prostitute when he's 18, and I said, 'But that's my little Harvey and I don't want to do that!'

"But do you wait and let him experience it for himself?"

But, while they were speaking, the sound suddenly went.

After a few seconds, it then flashed to a screen, which read: "Sorry we're expecting technical difficulties."

As it came back to Loose Women, Andrea McLean said: "Sorry, we seem to have lost that interview.

"We pre-recorded it just before."

Julius was then asked whether he'd have liked to get a prostitute.

He said: "It's something I've thought about. I think I would like some parts of it!"

Kathy's argument for considering a prostitute for her son is that he doesn’t know is how to read social situations, claiming he "often finds himself exiled into Social Siberia".

She said: "Autistic people have sexual needs too, and if the child expresses a desire, and a curiosity, then you might look into having those needs met."

And viewers of Loose Women were in full support of Kathy's argument.

One said: "I took my autistic son to Amsterdam for his 18th, he chose not to purchase any services but I would have fully supported him."

Another added: "Totally agree, would do the same if that's what they wanted."

A third agreed: "I agree with hiring a prostitute for disabled people, I will be doing the same for my nephew at 18. Why should they miss out."

*Loose Women continues on ITV1 weekdays at 12.30pm


Source (with video): Loose Women cuts out as Katie Price jokes she considered prostitute for Harvey

 

[Jet Weiss]

My dad suggested at one point that I should fool around with prostitutes or have one-night stands (I never did, it's not in my nature). I actually don't think it's that uncommon of a thought process for parents of kids on the spectrum, as they often want their children to conform to "social norms" and they probably figure their kid isn't going to get laid any other way :/
My dad was HFA and his parents encouraged the same thing, which he did, and really enjoyed.
To each their own, it's not for me.

 

[Bolletje]

In all honesty, I think the idea is nice. I just think he's a bit young. I have the "luxury" of being a woman and being fairly good-looking, so I got plenty of sex despite being incredibly awkward in my early twenties. But I've read so many stories of men becoming increasingly worried about being a virgin as they get older. I think hiring a friendly prostitute is a rather elegant solution. He or she can show you the ropes, so to speak, and can give you very honest feedback on what does and doesn't feel good. And more importantly, the sex worker can show you that sex isn't rocket science. It's something consenting adults do for fun, and you should be having fun while doing it.

 

[toothless]

i saw this the other day,maybe yesterday? i dont know.
i dont agree with it personally,as it teaches the autist an unhealthy relationship with women ie-you can do anything you want with a woman as long as you pay for it.
i think it would be better for katie price and others to pay for social and communication skills lessons so their children can learn actually how to approach a woman without being knocked back because of the way they behave with them.

i dont like the way katie price assumes autists-as a whole have sexual needs,as people will believe everything she says, ive never had any form of sexual need/sexuality and i put it down to my combined intellectual disability and level of autism but everyone just assumes it means im gay.

 

[Judge]

i saw this the other day,maybe yesterday? i dont know.
i dont agree with it personally,as it teaches the autist an unhealthy relationship with women ie-you can do anything you want with a woman as long as you pay for it.

Point taken.

Under the circumstances I'd think a parent would be better off soliciting the services of a sexual surrogate. One who professionally deals with their patients experiencing sexual dysfunction to provide direct sexual activity, with the goal of improving the quality of the client's future sexual experiences with someone else.

IMO a big difference from simply steering them to a prostitute.

 

[Katleya]

The sexual surrogate seems like a healthier alternative as well to me, provided that the son has actually expressed interest in sex, because he might not even care for sex at the moment.
I mean, sure, it's the prostitute's job to have sex with guys, but I don't know, I feel like as a teen with a difference, he's fragile already, and it could be so detrimental to him if he were to end up with a prostitute who mocks him (but maybe they make it a point to never laugh at a client? I'm not well-versed in prostitution deontology).

 

[Alaska]

Someone I knew went to the Mustang ranch, sent by his father. The prostitutes there did encourage him to think he was a real stud. He was terrible for less experienced women. He would not pay attention to requests or comments from less experienced women either.

I think the prostitutes are fine if you want your son to be a pimp, otherwise, forget it.

 

[toothless]

Point taken.

Under the circumstances I'd think a parent would be better off soliciting the services of a sexual surrogate. One who professionally deals with their patients experiencing sexual dysfunction to provide direct sexual activity, with the goal of improving the quality of the client's future sexual experiences with someone else.

IMO a big difference from simply steering them to a prostitute.

i agree,i think i saw a BBC documentary about this a couple of years ago, involving young adults with various disabilities,i think there was a german sexual councilor involved [i might be thinking of two shows and merging them in my mind] and she was pretty good if not unorthadox.

i have nothing against prostititutes,i think its a valid job as unmonitored as it is but autists who have sexual needs,need something more solid and comitted than prostitution,they need to be taught how to have relationships with women on an equal level and that they arent to be scared of women,likewise if there are any female autists in the same position.

 

[Allymcb]

Sex is not a need it is a privilege. We are humans not animals and this just teaches men that their animal urges justify demeaning women. Personally, I would not consider dating a man who had used a prostitute and would dump him if I found out he had done so in the past. I also think buying sex should be illegal.

 

[Questella]

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lmao

I know some hookers, would you like yours with hepatitis or herpes? Chlamydia come standard. It's supposed to be a joke right there but just makes me sad still.

 

[abby normal]

that would be a compassionate thing IMHO, for his mother to do for him, to get him to see a qualified compassionate sex worker. being without it for decades messed me up big time. if I had been exposed to it at the normal young age, there is a chance I might have been salvageable. the people who would thoughtlessly ban what consenting adults do among themselves, can go to the devil AFAIC.

 

[MWS30]

Considering how hard it is for us autistic people to have normal relationships, I don't view anything wrong with hiring a prostitute or escort.

Beware though, it doesn't always go as planned. I've only done that once and I was so petrified and nervous due to the long drive and no warm up (I just arrived in the house and she immediately told me in a monotone voice to take my clothes off), I had some "trouble". It's hard to have sex with a stranger, but if it works out then it's all good.

 

[thom&bonnie]

Perhaps some of the "more primitive" tribal customs that predominated our rise to "civilization" might be better suited to this task in many ways. Perhaps a trusted aunt or a trusted female friend (or member of the family's church) of the family in question would be willing to create a gentle (depending of course upon the particular boy's enthusiasm), friendly, understanding and informative romp in the hay?

My first experience at 15 was with a married woman. She lived with both her husband and her boyfriend and she and her husband swung with my nearest neighbors. She began by calling me at around 2:00 AM (everyone knew that I read... and read... and read books long into the wee hours) and asked me what I thought about sex. Was I touching myself? It progressed until I was, then she invited me to her home.

Despite the fact that she had no intentions but for her own pleasure, she taught me many skills about pleasing women that I might otherwise have never learned (as too many men do not; or so I have heard). It was a supremely positive experience for an eager young learner such as myself.

I came away from that experience having grown more than a hard-on, but an understanding that a woman's needs or wants are to be fully satisfied before my own. I was very fortunate in several respects.

Although my own experience was entirely positive in its results, our society as a whole is not a healthy one at all. Children today usually learn about sex (and violence and love and fairness and altruism (not)) from one another: Incompletely and incorrectly with a great deal of pressure, both peer and hormone induced borne from ignorance and lack of experience.

I think that having family members or trusted friends/community members introducing and educating our youth (both boys and girls) upon the finer points of loving sexual expression, emotional expression, respect and the value of altruism would at the very least ensure that those children so honored might escape the very worst that our "civilization" offers and at best they would pay forward their esteem to future generations.

Please accept this as the very condensed and truncated version of my sorrowfully incomplete understanding of the subject(s) at hand.