@the_bob_delusion wrote:
What's the first thing that goes thru your mind when someone tells you they work in the adult industry?
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Do people usually tell you that, though?
I haven't really met many people who do or who own up to it anyway.
I only know one woman who does & she works on phone bookings/reception at a brothel. Has done for years. She's in her 70s and no, has never worked on the other side of the desk.
Probably many of the workers in this industry are just normal people, trying to pay their bills.
Her report is that every single prostitute that works there though has problems. Often that problem can be drugs, but they all have problems and it isn't like a normal workplace, you need to lock your handbag away at all times. You might think the women would be wealthy but usually they are not, they are struggling.
This woman reports that probably one of the main virtues she has to have is discretion and the ability to pretend she doesn't recognise clients outside of the building.
Oh and probably first thing I think of is risk. I think it is an industry that carries some degree of risk & there is some criminal association with it.
