Author Topic: Prostitution: What's the Harm? BBC 3 tonight at 10pm (Read 15802 times)

mimi_ · « **Reply #15 on:** 18 March 2014, 12:14:25 am »

Quote from: Chanel on 17 March 2014, 11:11:48 pm

I predict there will be 3000 or more new SW's signing up to join AW in the next 24 hours.

I thought the same!! Mainly on webcam! Good luck to them I say; it will also bring a lot more punters to the site and it's all about supply and demand.

As for the programme, it was refreshingly non-judgmental and wasn't nearly as sensationalist as I expected. It seemed quite well balanced as well - I think. That said, I haven't had time to reflect on it properly yet!!

A rather smart move on Miss LK's part I'd say!

Chanel xxx · « **Reply #16 on:** 18 March 2014, 12:20:57 am »

Yes I enjoyed watching her other documentaries also. She seems really cool, intelligent and clued up.
Yes any opportunity for women or men to make money and control their own destiny is positive in my eyes also. I will be hitting directcam very hard this week as any publicity is good publicity if you know how to work it

HollyH · « **Reply #17 on:** 18 March 2014, 12:39:08 am »

It's certainly given me the kick up the bum to refresh my profile a little and I'm glad my new laptop is arriving this week so I can start webcamming again.

Like everyone else (punter and prossie alike) I was bracing myself for a disappointing documentry. Expecting it to focus on trafficked girls, pimps and how we're all drug dependent and skint. I was pleasently surprised though!

I do think that perhaps some of these girls who watch it and sign up will be setting themselves up for disapointment as it's not all ?1000 a week in camming and 30min massage, 30second sex, bubble bath and biscuits.

Chanel xxx · « **Reply #18 on:** 18 March 2014, 01:21:59 am »

Yep its bloody hard graft being self employed and as the lady said this work is not for everyone.

I would dare any woman to try her luck on AW without any prior experience in sex work..the newbie hunter punters are like sharks feeding frenzy.
I was slightly worried her slighty sarcastic pin on AW prossies as being HIGH CLASS and stereotyping that all street workers are drugged out and abused was abit weird.

Although I have never worked on the streets many years ago that was the done thing and all that history should not be tarnished with he constant association with drug abuse.

But documentaries like this were common on current TV before it was sold off by Mr Murdoch and all focused on AW? But only certain people would watch these docs and they will be young people or those that are interested in the sex industry(SWs and punters) . The demographic that BBC3 cater for is the young so what really was the point of this?

It came on after Family guy and American dad

BibiofLeeds · « **Reply #19 on:** 18 March 2014, 01:33:12 am »

Wow this was balanced!Refreshingly surprised!Nice one bbc 3!

Cat_BBW · « **Reply #20 on:** 18 March 2014, 02:40:33 am »

Watching the repeat now...LOVED the first guy - Chris - and his open, honest opinion about using prostitutes in London. Very glad to see an unashamed "yeah? and?" stance right at the beginning of the programme.

Loving the K5 Dutch brothel. We need good, regulated places like this in UK!

Billie Porter (the presenter) just looks a bit bored throughout 90% of the programme. Not shocked, not interested, not amused...just vacant and mentally switched off.

Ah, and now we're onto webcamming. Not really prossying, is it $:-\$ But SHIT this lady gets ?4k a month from sex/adultwork - and then shows ?89k in 2 years from just webcamming alone!!!

But later CHarlotte did speak positively about prossying, which was good.

LOADS of advertising for Adultwork. That means LOADS more ladies will be interested in being an indie on AW. I hope it will also bring in the men...but I won't hold my breath.

Loving the Madam Becky section

All in all, what a refreshing programme. It actually gave the facts, didn't pretend that prostitution is illegal, dealt with issues AND problems.

Chanel xxx · « **Reply #21 on:** 18 March 2014, 04:03:25 am »

Yes but highlighting issues and problems to who and for what reason? Majority of people don't know we exist and most don't want to or even really care?

Shock horror its illegal to solicit in public but not online? I bet the mothers, fathers, wives and girlfriends will be lobbying their MPs to legalise brothels?

So its now ok to outline how to advertise, rent an apartment and buy the necessary tools to whore yourself out on a channel catering to young people? Working as an indie can be just as dangerous as working on the street if you don't know what you are doing. That part didn't sit well with me at all.

roseanna · « **Reply #22 on:** 18 March 2014, 07:03:52 am »

Quote from: Chanel on 18 March 2014, 04:03:25 am

That part didn't sit well with me at all.

Nor me. And neither did the cross section of clients. I hardly ever see the kind of guys that they interviewed.

SW · « **Reply #23 on:** 18 March 2014, 09:16:20 am »

Yes I was worried how they focused on how much money she was making, as if it was standard and didnt require lots of hard work, just a couple of hours a day at lunch time they made it look like.

No focus on how to run your business safely or the problems you often run into. Made it all look far too easy. This could lure some people into doing it when they have no idea what is involved to keep yourself safe.

Was rather pissed off I couldnt get into my aw account whilst it was on as well... hate to think how many new cammers there are going to be

Wife4rent · « **Reply #24 on:** 18 March 2014, 09:54:04 am »

Yes overall I thought it better than any other programs

Quote from: Cat_BBW on 18 March 2014, 02:40:33 am

Ah, and now we're onto webcamming. Not really prossying, is it $:-\$ But SHIT this lady gets ?4k a month from sex/adultwork - and then shows ?89k in 2 years from just webcamming alone!!! But later CHarlotte did speak positively about prossying, which was good.

What they failed to mention was that the ?89,000 that she showed was not the amount that she actually banked as AW take at least 30% of that and there is an extra percentage for webcamming.

Sarah x x x

strawberry · « **Reply #25 on:** 18 March 2014, 09:55:43 am »

Quote from: Wife4rent on 18 March 2014, 09:54:04 am

Yes overall I thought it better than any other programs
Quote from: Cat_BBW on 18 March 2014, 02:40:33 am
Ah, and now we're onto webcamming. Not really prossying, is it $:-\$ But SHIT this lady gets ?4k a month from sex/adultwork - and then shows ?89k in 2 years from just webcamming alone!!! But later CHarlotte did speak positively about prossying, which was good.

What they failed to mention was that the ?89,000 that she showed was not the amount that she actually banked as AW take at least 30% of that and there is an extra percentage for webcamming.

Sarah x x x

I was about to say the same, still a very good wage but once you do the sums, not as much as it might look.

kizz · « **Reply #26 on:** 18 March 2014, 10:47:17 am »

couldn't watch this one - sounds like I missed out and it was (will wonders never cease?) fair and balanced? I really am getting increasingly irate with womens hour though - serves me right for being a R4 addict. More exponents of the 'you are all victims even if you don't realise it' theory this morning! Grrr!

Cat_BBW · « **Reply #27 on:** 18 March 2014, 12:30:19 pm »

Quote from: Strawberry on 18 March 2014, 09:55:43 am

Quote from: Wife4rent on 18 March 2014, 09:54:04 am
Yes overall I thought it better than any other programs
Quote from: Cat_BBW on 18 March 2014, 02:40:33 am
Ah, and now we're onto webcamming. Not really prossying, is it $:-\$ But SHIT this lady gets ?4k a month from sex/adultwork - and then shows ?89k in 2 years from just webcamming alone!!! But later CHarlotte did speak positively about prossying, which was good.

What they failed to mention was that the ?89,000 that she showed was not the amount that she actually banked as AW take at least 30% of that and there is an extra percentage for webcamming.

Sarah x x x

I was about to say the same, still a very good wage but once you do the sums, not as much as it might look.

I actually meant that ?89k just from webcamming in 2 years means she's doing something right for the customers - I've been camming about a year longer and would love all my numbers to look as healthy!

Also, yes, we all know the amount she banks is 30%+ lower than that total, but then you could say the same about all her expenses. Once all her legit expenses have gone through the books, that ?89k will be lower anyway.

Wife4rent · « **Reply #28 on:** 18 March 2014, 01:06:15 pm »

Quote from: Cat_BBW on 18 March 2014, 12:30:19 pm

I actually meant that ?89k just from webcamming in 2 years means she's doing something right for the customers - I've been camming about a year longer and would love all my numbers to look as healthy!

Also, yes, we all know the amount she banks is 30%+ lower than that total, but then you could say the same about all her expenses. Once all her legit expenses have gone through the books, that ?89k will be lower anyway.

As you say, we all know.... But the people watching the program may not and some girls complain that after such a program is put out there is an influx of new girls trying to earn a living from web camming. The program makes it look very easy, just put yourself on Adultwork and earn ?89k in a couple of years.

The reality is far different, take 36% from the ?89K and you are left with just short of ?57,000 then take away your other expenses and the amount you have to pay in tax and what have you left for 2 years work? Louise is doing something right and probably working hard promoting herself to take the money she makes. But new girls entering the business can feel disillusioned when they realise it is not as easy as it was made out to be.

Webcamming can be the stepping stone to prostitution, a girl who finds herself on Adultwork doing webcamming and not earning what she anticipated may be tempted to turn to prostitution, something she may never have ever considered before and she may not be mentally suitable to do so, not forgetting the risks of entering into such a career with no experience of the dangers out there.

Overall the program was far better than most.

Sarah x x x

MaddieMoo · « **Reply #29 on:** 18 March 2014, 08:25:05 pm »

I thought it was very good relative to the C4-esque crap that is rolled out. My only points were that they could have emphasised that you spend a lot of time actually running your business, it doesn't fall into your lap, and they should have tried to find typical-age clients - there was a massive emphasis on young people.

Oh and one of the young fellas, the one with the buddy who she sat and spoke to in their flat, he was on Channel 4's Date my pornstar doc - the conclusion of which is that he really wants nothing more to do with porn and the sex industry because he felt awful for the women. I am 99% sure it is him! That annoyed me because if you're going to do a documentary you should vet your interviewees a bit better so holes can't be picked in what you're creating.

I think on the whole it was a nice respite from all this Mary Honeyball poop going on at the moment.

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