An escort who sells sex from behind the closed doors of Birmingham hotel chains has opened up on what she says are "big misconceptions" about the industry. She spoke out to debunk some of the myths around sex work, from 'fat, old clients' to 'call girls lingering in bars or causing trouble'. She said people often assume 'clients' who see escorts are 'disgusting, fat or creepy' - but that hasn't been her experience. Instead, she says they can be men in their 20s wanting to lose their virginity, people who see escorting as a "candy shop" for experiences and those who are lonely - or even "depressed". The young woman also opened up on working from the city's major hotel chains 'without a trace', slipping under the radar of other, unsuspecting guests. People will also often forget, she says, that selling sex in the UK is not illegal. Read more: Mystery of missing Handsworth girl who vanished aged 16 - and hasn't been seen since 2021 It is however, a crime to run or manage a brothel, or exploit women for prostitutio n. And the sex industry is far from safe or glamourous, the '£200-an-hour' call girl previously stressed, detailing a string of alleged assaults, harassment, stalking and death threats by 'blacklisted' clients and internet trolls. "I think people have big misconceptions about who uses an escort and for that reason, I think it's looked down upon," she said. "I don't really have many friends for the pure reason that if I make a new friend, or have a friend from the past, and I don't really feel like they're accepting of it, I don't really want to know. I distance myself from them. "The problem is in the UK, even though it's very legal here, and things that are illegal are things that should be. . . people don't really know much about it - as much as you'd think they would. "People believe that you're degrading yourself in some way and seeing clients that will accept anybody. They think everybody is some creepy, fairly unattractive, fat person; people always think the clients are fat. "They think you're sleeping with all these disgusting men. . . people think they're creeps or perverts. " The reality, she said, is that "anybody" pays for sex. "In general, it depends on the area in the UK you go to. The demographic is very different from area to area in terms of ethnicities. " There are many misconceptions about sex work, says the escort (Image: Stock image) She addd: "And it's all ages, all kinds of professions, financial backgrounds, it doesn't really matter. Even really young people, in their early 20s, use escorts. " After working in the industry for several years, she can "tell why" someone is using an escort, she explained. "I can tell if someone's lonely because they come and see me a lot and they're not doing a lot with me, they just want to talk to me. They don't have much interaction with women, they're not having any luck with women in their personal life," she said. "Sometimes people are more than lonely; they're depressed and they don't want to do anything with you at all. Then you've got the people who just want to have sex with you and nothing else. They can sometimes be the worst kind of client. " "And then you have people who just want to have sex with you but they're quite demanding and demeaning towards you. 'Do this, do that', not very polite about it. " On the flip side, she says she also has clients who "book for half an hour, get it done within ten minutes and be really nice to me, then say 'thank you, see you again another time'. "Then you have people who do it because they actually find it fun, because it's like a candy shop, you can choose what you want, find all sorts of women online, different nationalities, different things. There's so many things you can experience, some people see it as a hobby. "Some people don't have much sexual experience, some people have come to me to lose their virginity or some people ask me to show them how to do things because they don't have much experience with sex, I've found. There's people in their 30s who haven't lost their virginity. " More on Birmingham's sex industry Cheating husbands rate sex workers o. . . The £200-an-hour escort 'stuck' sell. . . How much Birmingham men are paying f. . . Birmingham's 'longest-standing' mass. . . Some sex workers will use AirBnBs , however she says she chooses large hotel chains instead as rented accommodation is often in residential areas and can come with measures to crack down on sex work. Instead, she said she will always book rooms for her clients via Booking. com. "They are really easy to work from, as long as you're not causing trouble and you're really quiet. I always leave the room really tidy and I even used to take my rubbish. I'd take an opaque carrier bag, like a Sainsbury's bag. I'd put my rubbish in there and bin it outside so even when they clean the room, there was just no trace of what I'd been doing in there. "I've never really had an issue, I don't think they care. The hotels they kind of know what you're doing but you're not upsetting anyone, nobody else is catching on, like the guests, and you're not bringing any clients that look strange or are noisy, they look like normal people. " She claims certain hotels are "notorious" for sex work. "What's good is that people are there for different reasons, they've got the gym, the bar there, sports bar, there's always functions going on there. "I could bring people in really late and no one would say anything. " Soliciting for sex in bars, as seen in films, isn't something that really happens here in Birmingham, and instead is more typical of places like Spain and Dubai, she said. Have you been affected by this? Do you work in the sex industry? You can contact us by emailing stephanie. balloo@reachplc. com Read next: In pictures: Mum's bruised body after attack by boyfriend on 'make or break' holiday 'Expect to be robbed at night' - Life in area where boy killed in 'gang war' The Digbeth street marred by 'fights, urinating, garden sex and mayhem parking' Calls to tag all sex offenders as '7,000 slip off radar every year due to loophole'.