I'm a journalist (here's some of my work http://www.kernelmag.com/author/jeremy-wilson/ ) writing an article about the website www. punternet.com. Specifically I am looking at what effect banning punternet and sites like it (as has been mooted in the past by a senior politician) would have on sex workers - would it force them into soliciting work in a way that would leave them more open to abuse and exploitation? And more generally does punternet promote "better understanding between customers and ladies" as it promises?

I would be grateful if anyone would like to share their thoughts on the subject (on or off the record).

Thanks, Jeremy.

wilson@kernelmag.com




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Plus, see the attitude of the website's owner, Milo Yiannopoulos:

On 18 July 2012, Yiannopoulos had a public argument on Twitter with Zoe Margolis, author of The Girl with a One Track Mind. He commented: "We write about how tech is changing the world around us. You write about how many cocks you've sucked this week. Back off." and later added: "Is there a difference between writing about sex for money and having sex for money? Not really. What a grubby, humiliating way to make rent."

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As to answering the actual question those who moot such thoughts do so for the same three reasons that some people say that 'a disproportionate obsession with purely academic or abstract matter indicates a retreat from the problems of real life' in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

And equally needless to say, since I've said it already, we will not be discussing either named punting forums or specific directories on here. There are a multitude on online advertising resources, and the same general differences apply between online and other forms of advertising/finding clients no matter which one is being used.