I’ve worked as an independent “escort”,  and I’ve written two books about the lifestyle, and in those books I make it clear that I don’t like third party management, which is exactly what a madam (or pimp or agent) is doing. I feel that such management steals authority and personal power from the actual sex worker.
However, with that said, I want to make the point right here that Palfrey has been a victim of a system that prohibits women from engaging in the one, true solid profession that women will always dominate, one that self-respecting sex workers will always draw great power from. That such a profession is disallowed is true oppression of women, and this is something that even the feminists miserably fail to grasp.
Whether Palfrey offed herself or was murdered, the truth is prohibition killed her. All of us involved in prostitution die a little bit each day, because of prohibition and oppression.
Palfrey was forced to dare (commit a crime) and she was also forced to hide (launder money) in a woman-oppressive system. And now she’s dead.
The fault is everyone’s.

Aphrodite Phoenix