Rather than meeting her clients in an office, Padma Deva prefers the intimacy of a hotel room.
Typically, these meetings last about two hours, during which the two engage in undressing, massaging, and caressing each other.
Full sexual intercourse may sometimes occur.
Once the encounter concludes, the pleased client compensates Padma for her services, and they part ways—until their next session.
One might hastily conclude that Padma is part of ‘the oldest profession’ in existence.
However, this assumption could be mistaken.
Padma is not a prostitute; she is a qualified psychotherapist serving as a ‘sexual surrogate’ for men dealing with various sexual issues that hinder their ability to engage in normal physical relationships.
Her clients range from lawyers and doctors to students and builders. Some are married, while others are single.
All of them experience problems such as erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, or debilitating shyness.
Among her clients, the oldest is a 65-year-old man, and the youngest is 25—both sought Padma’s help due to their virgin status and feelings of being incapable of leading a sexual life.
Over nine two-hour sessions, Padma assists them in overcoming their anxieties, for which she charges £4,000.
Despite the appearance of clinical propriety, sexual surrogacy remains a highly contentious practice.
Critics, often understandably, regard it as morally objectionable, degrading, and at the very least, lacking solid therapeutic value.
Moreover, some have even raised concerns about its legality, although there are no specific laws that ban it.
