I thought more about your idea that toughing it out would somehow help establish non-commercial sexuual relationshpips.

I have never gone to bars myself, but from what I know, girls who go to bars do so without charitable intentions in mind. At least for the most part. In other words, it is not the case that they give questionnaires to all the male patrons in an attempt to determine who has been toughing it out for the longest and then consider dating from the toughest guy and down the list. No, that is not happening. So there is no positive correlation between toughing it out and success in bars.

There might even be some marginal negative correlation, provided you get a boost of confidence from your encounters with hookers. I do not know; you are better positioned to assess that kind of impact.