In San Francisco, always on the societal cutting edge, ladies of the evening gather to further refine their skills. The biennial San Francisco Sex Worker Film and Arts Fetsival is, for the first time, offering a cours de certificat d'etude to assist in furthering one's career in the world's oldest profession. The course of study is carefully crafted to provide ouvriers de sexe the full panoply of necessary skills. Lectures on ethics, marketing skills and management, effective stress reduction techniques, proper condom application methods and most important of all, how to deal with clients who prefer to operate sans armure de l'amour are all on offer. All no doubt taught by exceedingly skilled practitioners. Masters in their domain of expertise.

After successful completion of the grueling curriculum the strumpets are bestowed with the coveted diplome GSW. The newly minted GSWs - Graduates in Sex Work - return to their field of endeavor with a renewed sense of optimism and purpose. They are undoubtedly secure in the knowldege they have taken another significant step towards becoming true business professionals.

As an aside, I think the aforentioned is a most welcome development. After all, at one time or another, we have all surely found ourselves encumbered with a less than skilled courtesan. Oh!, the cursed inconvenience of having to explain even the simplest manoeuvre.

It is truly long past time for the imposition of a bit of proper standards and practices. Let us hope and trust that the GSW will become known as a mark of quality and distinction as reliable and reputable as other university granted post-nominal letters.