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** ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|Exile's Valor]]'': Alberich spies on a conversation at a high-class bordello that is the usual place for wealthy gentlemen to bring their sons for a "first time".

* [[Discworld]] series:

** In ''[[~~Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|~~Monstrous Regiment]]'', Jackrum brings his extremely young-looking troops {{spoiler|(actually, female)}} to a brothel, and uses education as an excuse. (Really, they're just there to steal the women's clothing for disguises.)

** In ''[[Monstrous Regiment]]'', Jackrum brings his extremely young-looking troops {{spoiler|(actually, female)}} to a brothel, and uses education as an excuse. (Really, they're just there to steal the women's clothing for disguises.)

** In ''[[~~Discworld/Pyramids|~~Pyramids]]'', the first quarter of which explains much about the workings of the Assassins' Guild School in Ankh-Morpork, there is a specific reference to the very thorough personal and social education of the older boys at the (then all-male) School. As sons of the best families in the land, the School sees to it that they can hold their own in all companies and answer all challenges. Reference is made to older boys coming back to the School very late, even the ~~folowing~~ morning, yawning, tired and unable to focus on the day's lessons - but in a way which is accepted and tolerated by the teachers and carrying none of the usual sanctions. It is hinted that this is connected with "seamstresses".

** In ''[[Pyramids]]'', the first quarter of which explains much about the workings of the Assassins' Guild School in Ankh-Morpork, there is a specific reference to the very thorough personal and social education of the older boys at the (then all-male) School. As sons of the best families in the land, the School sees to it that they can hold their own in all companies and answer all challenges. Reference is made to older boys coming back to the School very late, even the following morning, yawning, tired and unable to focus on the day's lessons - but in a way which is accepted and tolerated by the teachers and carrying none of the usual sanctions. It is hinted that this is connected with "seamstresses".

* In [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''Homecoming'' series, this is actually an accepted practice in Basilica, referred to as hiring an "Auntie" for a young man's first time.

* In the ''[[Dark Tower]]'' series, this was how the main character Roland lost his virginity.

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* In ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', a boy meets a cute girl at a convention and has his first sexual experience with her. Later, it turns out she was hired by his friends.

== ~~Theater~~ ==

== [[Theatre]] ==

* This is a major plotline in the play and film ''[[Biloxi Blues]]'', where the young army recruit protagonist receives "training" from a lady of the evening.

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* In [[The Wire|Felicia Pearson's]] memoir, ''Grace After Midnight'', she recounts her experience with a prostitute when she was 12. Apparently she had told her mentor that she was interested in women, so he hired her a female prostitute to "prove" that she wasn't a lesbian, she just wanted to be more like the local boys, thinking that the prostitute would scare her off the idea of being with women. It didn't work out like he planned; it just confirmed for her that she was.

* Some care workers in the UK have discreetly arranged this for handicapped young people who would otherwise have problems forming normal sexual relationships. Unsurprisingly, it's a legal and ethical grey area.

** In at least two states of Australia (Victoria and New South Wales), disabled persons have a legal right to sexual experiences with a sex worker, should they choose to exercise it.

** In at least two states of [[Australia (country)|Australia]] (Victoria and New South Wales), disabled persons have a legal right to sexual experiences with a sex worker, should they choose to exercise it.

** Some people have said that disabled people ''specifically'' should be able to have access to a sex worker if they are otherwise against legalizing prostitution, [[Unfortunate Implications|assuming that disabled people would otherwise be unable to access sexual companionship]].

* [[Ray Bradbury]] lost his virginity this way. It is detailed in Sam Weller's biography on the subject of [[Ray Bradbury]] how when he was a teenager, he went with a friend to the red-light district and each paid a sex worker to provide them with this.