magma wrote:cryptical wrote:based on your anecdotal evidence, how common is paying for sex where you live?
I (think I) only know one person that ever has, and he's actually from the Midlands... and it was in Amsterdam... but every phonebox in my postcode is full of cards for escorts and call-girls, so I can only assume that
someone is paying for an awful lot of sex.
the reason i asked is because last night i was reading about trafficking and "sex tourism" and wound up on this international sex (prostitution) forum where they had forums for every single country in the world, and people were all trading tips and contacts on how to pay for some sex from Bhutan to Burundi (seriously, white american guy moved to Burundi for prostitution (40% AIDS infected)) and clicking on places i know well i was pretty shocked at how common it appeared for some people to use prostitutes so openly (people are even making youtube vids for tips and stuff) so i was just wondering if it's more commonplace than i thought.
On the subject of that forum, fucking hell, like 70,000+ members talking about where to get prostitutes all over the world, star ranked reviews of prostitutes, brothel reviews, pics... people build their lives around procuring prostitutes.... a whole new world to me. They call themselves "mongers" as a badge of pride, talking about how they introduced friends and family to the world of sex tourism ("taking my little bro to dominican republic, wanted to go thailand but though i'd ease him in lol"). And most of them chat like they're baddasses or porn stars, it was quite depressing.
I think i've concluded it's much, much more common for people to use prostitutes abroad.