I'm wondering if there is any correlation between rising tuition costs and the numbers of young women entering the adult entertainment industry (esp. SPs). I'm of the mind that the notion of becoming an SP is becoming an increasingly viable option for those ladies who in the past would not even have considered it, due to the cost of getting a post secondary education. Any thoughts??
Any Correlation Here??
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If that's a fact, maybe we should encorage US style university costs. All the competition will drive down the costs.
I do not know the answer to your question. But I do know that the majority of asian SP's are in the business because of the exorbitant fees charged student visa immigrants.
Personally, I find it an outrage, that the canadian governments are pimping these young women.
Personally, I find it an outrage, that the canadian governments are pimping these young women.
danmand said:
The stories about graduate students owing $50-$60K in student loans are becoming all too familiar. And tuition fees are still increasing. Technology (internet, digital cameras, cell phones, call display, reliable condoms etc) allows sexworkers to broadcast their services and conduct business more effectively and economically but with far greater anonymity and personal security than ever before. Sexwork has been gradually remodelled and gentrified over the years.
And the fortress mentality about chastity and the evils of casual sex have been pretty much discredited. We all know of at least a few gals who were sex machines in the 60's, 70's or 80's but who are now successful, well adjusted professionals, mothers etc. Many of us were with them at the time so we know exactly how it was.... So promiscuity and sex in general are no longer the hot buttons that they once were here in Canada. If sex with total strangers, frequent sex, sex with many partners and sex just for the hell of it didn't have any long term repercussions for ourselves or our contemporaries, our attitudes towards sexwork are bound to be more relaxed than before. So I wouldn't be surprised if these higher tuitions and our more permissive attitudes towards sex resulted in greater numbers of student SPs.
basketcase said:If that's a fact, maybe we should encorage US style university costs. All the competition will drive down the costs.
Hmmm...
Student SPs..........
The cost of attending university has indeed gone up since I was in university. So have the expectations of the students over the years. I have met several SPs who were students and not all of them were escorting for tuition. Gucci purses, car payments and other expensive accessories were in some cases the motive for being in the business. For some, working retail, outdoor labour such as gardening or doing assembly in a hot dirty factory environment for the summer is not considered "cool" or lucrative enough.
The cost of attending university has indeed gone up since I was in university. So have the expectations of the students over the years. I have met several SPs who were students and not all of them were escorting for tuition. Gucci purses, car payments and other expensive accessories were in some cases the motive for being in the business. For some, working retail, outdoor labour such as gardening or doing assembly in a hot dirty factory environment for the summer is not considered "cool" or lucrative enough.
