SEXBYTES BLOG -- Dec 8 -- Ya know, I just don’t know what to make of this article - Sex Bites; Free Net Nookie Hits Pros, By Landrigan John...
Internet dating sites - and the free nooky on offer - are slowly killing the country's sex industry. "Everyone is screaming out for work," says one parlour veteran. "It is so easy to meet for sex through internet dating sites. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad when it's free." And the worrying decilne is confirmed by Prostitutes Collective national co-ordinator Catherine Healy, who says a reduction in the use of hookers is partly blamed on online liaisons. "Brothel owners are certainly feeling it," she says.
Mark Brooks: SexSearch is leading the way in the demise of the sex industry. Is this a good thing? Your comments please.
Great post. Pretty funny. It seems even the "oldest profession" has moved online.
I think the comments in the article only represents the decline of brothels, not prostitution. The brothel owners are probably not technologically up to date, so they don't understand whats happening. It would be interesting to see the statistics on escort advertising sites? Are hits for those sites rising dramatically year-over-year?
Much like the brothels, many magazines that depended on ads from prostitutes have gone under because their clients are searching for prostitutes online. I think it's not a matter of "free vs charged" but a matter of having more privacy and protection by staying home, and by not having to lurk out into a more public venue like brothels. Consequently, the money is shifting from the Madams to the website owners.
Posted by: Mark, Love Kung Fu | Dec 18, 2006 at 01:57 PM