It has recently come to light through a study by Doctor Ron Roberts of Kingston University, that the amount of students who know someone in the sex industry has gone up to 25% from only 3% ten years ago. The study also found that 11% of students would consider escort work, whilst 16% of students would consider work in the sex industry.
It must be said whilst being a student, that I do not know of a single person in the sex trade, this may be down to being a first year and neither me nor the vast majority of my friends are employed in any way, and if a mate was an escort or lap dancer I doubt they’d be shouting it out too loud. Generally speaking I drift day to day and pub to pub sponging off my parents and delving deep into my overdraft. Employment in the sex trade had never even crossed my mind…until now that is.
Dr Roberts stated that high tuition fees had led students to work as erotic dancers and even driven them to internet pornography, I support Doc Roberts on this claim, just last week I had to buy a book for my course costing a little over £20, this equates to half of my food budget for the week or around 3 hours work in a restaurant, however turning to porn does seem a little drastic. One lad sends sex texts to earn his keep, this sound like a far more reasonable way to make money, especially as his reasoning was that the hours suited him better than bar work.
Dr Roberts stated that these finding were “worrying”, which to an extent one can agree with as the prospect of working as an escort does seem rather seedy, and could potentially lead to a more dangerous acts within the sex trade. On a final note it must be said that his study took place at one London University; Dr Roberts did say that his findings were typical of urban areas.
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