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Also "shelf life" is just a meaningless ugly word. I guess if your obsessed with twinks it might but then why would anyone come here and post in the first place? I don't like him. He's just too old. Well, thanks for your input I guess. Lol
 
Yes. There certainly is a market for a good looking and tall dominate guy as evidence above. I also think maturity is a preferred trait in this department. With myself included.

IF after all this time we can't take the word of TB as unfettered truth, then there is NO hope for this board

IMO, the difference is that @tristanbaldwin is not writing a review, unlike the poster in the thread you linked to. He is stating that the guy did not look like his pics and ripped someone off. It is a very fine line, but a line nonetheless.

Tristan, you are what we Jews call a "mensch". You display integrity and empathy, two attributes that are in rare supply not only in your profession but in many others. Part of that integrity is your implicit recognition that many of us clients are emotionally vulnerable and that it's just indecent to take advantage of those vulnerabilities. It may be a business transaction, but simple decency and kindness distinguish people who are merely good at what they do from those who are, as people, good. I for one feel enriched by your presence, even if so far it's only via cyberspace for me. I hope one day to remedy that.

Rapist can’t be 5’8” ?
Or a “gay boy” ?
Or not “physically intimidating” ?
 
...I mean you did open with saying you were naive. Yikes.

Rapists are not always physically imposing. Rape occurs when the victim did not consent. That can result from brute force but isn't limited to when brute force is used. It can result from the victim's inability to consent due to impairment from alcohol or drugs (whether taken willingly or not) or other conditions. It can also occur where the rapist hold a position of power or influence over the other, which arguably Topher did due to his well-established position in the porn industry and his status as one of the longer term and better known AC models.
 
Attitudes like the one you expressed are part of the problem in that they discourage male victims of rape from reporting. And rape isn't diminished by recognizing it can occur absent the use of brute force or where there's a substantial disparity in size and strength of the rapist and the victim. His conduct was more than "unpleasant".

Rapists are not always physically imposing. Rape occurs when the victim did not consent. That can result from brute force but isn't limited to when brute force is used. It can result from the victim's inability to consent due to impairment from alcohol or drugs (whether taken willingly or not) or other conditions. It can also occur where the rapist hold a position of power or influence over the other, which arguably Topher did due to his well-established position in the porn industry and his status as one of the longer term and better known AC models.
 
Attitudes like the one you expressed are part of the problem in that they discourage male victims of rape from reporting. And rape isn't diminished by recognizing it can occur absent the use of brute force or where there's a substantial disparity in size and strength of the rapist and the victim. His conduct was more than "unpleasant".

Rapists are not always physically imposing. Rape occurs when the victim did not consent. That can result from brute force but isn't limited to when brute force is used. It can result from the victim's inability to consent due to impairment from alcohol or drugs (whether taken willingly or not) or other conditions. It can also occur where the rapist hold a position of power or influence over the other, which arguably Topher did due to his well-established position in the porn industry and his status as one of the longer term and better known AC models.
 
Attitudes like the one you expressed are part of the problem in that they discourage male victims of rape from reporting. And rape isn't diminished by recognizing it can occur absent the use of brute force or where there's a substantial disparity in size and strength of the rapist and the victim. His conduct was more than "unpleasant".

That's not how your posts read. It sounds like you've got an unstated concern about people who engage in unprotected BB sex with multiple partners facing stigma from others. That's what's really behind all the talk about who is judging whom. There is a stigma associated with having unprotected BB anal sex. And trading charges about judging one another won't change that stigma. The stigma is a consequence of the behavior, and living with the stigma is just another risk that practitioners of BB sex take. And I'm not going to get worked up over whether the stigma is fair or not unless it results in unfair treatment in matters unrelated to sex (i.e., discrimination in housing, employment, provision of health care coverage, participation in groups open to the public, etc.)

You've just articulated the raison d'etre of a liberal arts education.

So, you mean how do escorts get fake reviews posted on their behalf from older accounts. Two explanations come to mind: (1) the older accounts belong to someone involved in an elaborate scheme that new fake escorts tap into; or (2) the reviews are not fake.

Im not sure what your advocating. Everyone should practice safe sex the safer the better but some things are much worse than others. Unprotected bareback anal is as worse as it gets and while nowadays ppl can use prep I still have a holdover disdain for the many people who needlessly jeopardized themselves and others when it didnt have to be.

At least you can't complain he doesn't bottom... Eventually he'll get to Texas!

Let me try to be clear. Topher is hot looking, well built and handsome. What has been said about him is not that he's smug, it's that he's self-centered and treats others with disrepect. I've never met him, never will, but I've read enough to form an opinion. Whether it's his alleged cheating on his BFs and lying about it, or the multiple accusations of sexual assault including of rape, a picture of him comes into focus.
 
As for your first point, it says more about you than you might intend. Rape is seriously unreported, especially when the rapist has a high profile and perceived influence over the victim's career. Most of the complaints about Topher are from lesser known/lesser established models/porn actors and the rapes are reported to have occurred when Topher was at his peak. Men especially are reluctant to report having been raped. And there is also the sense among many gay rape victims that their sexual identity will subject them to neglect or worse by law enforcement.
 
Absent reporting to police, there's no prosecution and no potential for conviction and punishment by the law. But we don't need to withhold judgement. We aren't jurors with Topher's freedom in our hands.
 
Finally, Andrew Christian's response to the allegations is telling. Topher was among his most high-profile long-term models. You don't walk away from him if you believe the allegations are utterly without merit.

You've just articulated the raison d'etre of a liberal arts education.

You've just articulated the raison d'etre of a liberal arts education.

You've just articulated the raison d'etre of a liberal arts education.

At 5'8" you would be looking down at me. When I was a child, 5'8" was within the range of average height for adult men. My nephew is the only one in the immediate family to crack 6' (he's 6'2"), but that's from his mother's family (likely his maternal grandfather, who we've never met).
 
Your post piqued my curiosity, and I noticed your links a the bottom of your post, so . . . I looked. You're strikingly handsome. And your posts here make you even more attractive.

At 5'8" you would be looking down at me. When I was a child, 5'8" was within the range of average height for adult men. My nephew is the only one in the immediate family to crack 6' (he's 6'2"), but that's from his mother's family (likely his maternal grandfather, who we've never met).
 
Your post piqued my curiosity, and I noticed your links a the bottom of your post, so . . . I looked. You're strikingly handsome. And your posts here make you even more attractive.

I don't read that as nasty. His point was that comments about people's appearance can be negative opinions without being an attack. I suppose he would expect someone decades older than him to recognize that one's physical appearance can be judged, as escorts' appearance generally are, without it being an attack. In other word's, a relatively old guy disparagin a young fit guys' appearance might seem odd outside the context of escorting or porn.

Let me try to be clear. Topher is hot looking, well built and handsome. What has been said about him is not that he's smug, it's that he's self-centered and treats others with disrepect. I've never met him, never will, but I've read enough to form an opinion. Whether it's his alleged cheating on his BFs and lying about it, or the multiple accusations of sexual assault including of rape, a picture of him comes into focus.
 
As for your first point, it says more about you than you might intend. Rape is seriously unreported, especially when the rapist has a high profile and perceived influence over the victim's career. Most of the complaints about Topher are from lesser known/lesser established models/porn actors and the rapes are reported to have occurred when Topher was at his peak. Men especially are reluctant to report having been raped. And there is also the sense among many gay rape victims that their sexual identity will subject them to neglect or worse by law enforcement.
 
Absent reporting to police, there's no prosecution and no potential for conviction and punishment by the law. But we don't need to withhold judgement. We aren't jurors with Topher's freedom in our hands.
 
Finally, Andrew Christian's response to the allegations is telling. Topher was among his most high-profile long-term models. You don't walk away from him if you believe the allegations are utterly without merit.

I don't read that as nasty. His point was that comments about people's appearance can be negative opinions without being an attack. I suppose he would expect someone decades older than him to recognize that one's physical appearance can be judged, as escorts' appearance generally are, without it being an attack. In other word's, a relatively old guy disparagin a young fit guys' appearance might seem odd outside the context of escorting or porn.

I don't read that as nasty. His point was that comments about people's appearance can be negative opinions without being an attack. I suppose he would expect someone decades older than him to recognize that one's physical appearance can be judged, as escorts' appearance generally are, without it being an attack. In other word's, a relatively old guy disparagin a young fit guys' appearance might seem odd outside the context of escorting or porn.

Let me try to be clear. Topher is hot looking, well built and handsome. What has been said about him is not that he's smug, it's that he's self-centered and treats others with disrepect. I've never met him, never will, but I've read enough to form an opinion. Whether it's his alleged cheating on his BFs and lying about it, or the multiple accusations of sexual assault including of rape, a picture of him comes into focus.
 
As for your first point, it says more about you than you might intend. Rape is seriously unreported, especially when the rapist has a high profile and perceived influence over the victim's career. Most of the complaints about Topher are from lesser known/lesser established models/porn actors and the rapes are reported to have occurred when Topher was at his peak. Men especially are reluctant to report having been raped. And there is also the sense among many gay rape victims that their sexual identity will subject them to neglect or worse by law enforcement.
 
Absent reporting to police, there's no prosecution and no potential for conviction and punishment by the law. But we don't need to withhold judgement. We aren't jurors with Topher's freedom in our hands.
 
Finally, Andrew Christian's response to the allegations is telling. Topher was among his most high-profile long-term models. You don't walk away from him if you believe the allegations are utterly without merit.

Very well stated.