The reviews, originally called "field reports", were written almost exclusively by men and described heterosexual encounters with female sex workers.
Free members can submit reviews and access site features and a limited search function.
[7] Harman, who was the UK government's Minister for Women and Equality at the time, asked then-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to ban the website, given that it was based in California, US.
She said the website lacked adequate safety measures to ensure details that could put sex workers in danger were not revealed.
Additionally, she expressed concern that some of the sex workers reviewed on the site might be underage or victims of trafficking or sexual assault.