Posted on 04/06/2020 7:32:13 PM PDT by KingofZion
Like other members of the service and gig economies, sex workers have been hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Strip clubs across San Francisco have closed. Escorts’ and BDSM professionals’ clients have dried up. And those who continue operating face a smaller and more dangerous clientele, but often have no other options but to continue working.
Live online webcam modeling seems like a natural pivot for sex workers who are no longer able to see clients. VICE noted that popular cam site OnlyFans saw 60,000 new sign-ups in March, and The Chronicle recently reported on several underemployed Bay Area sex industry professionals and members of the gig economy succeeding on the site, but it isn’t always a natural transition.
A stripper from topless San Francisco institution the Condor, who we’ll call Jessica, requested anonymity to weigh in with a perspective of an erotic dancer. Jessica has explored online cam modeling, but found it just as physically taxing as dancing, for significantly less money. The $2 per minute wage advertised sounded appealing at first, but with most sessions lasting only 10 minutes, it didn’t add up to much.
*** Like other industries affected by the coronavirus, sex professionals could use a bailout. Bay Area Workers Support is offering $50 to 200 grants for sex workers, and according to the SF office of economic and workforce development, the forthcoming $1,200 stimulus does apply to sex workers who file taxes, but the black market nature disqualifies many from unemployment benefits. Those who do run licensed businesses may be out of luck from additional assistance though, as the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program excludes businesses “of a prurient sexual nature.”
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Is this a great country or what?
Jeez. If I want a slut, I can track down several ex-girlfriends on Facebook. And they were free!
And those who continue operating face a smaller and more dangerous clientele, but often have no other options but to continue working.
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Is that saying that the only guys still going to whores are little men with little members and violent little tempers?
No choice but to be a whore in San Fransicko.
$50 aint even a good tip.(?)
Won’t somebody please think of the strippers?
“...no choice . ..? Get a regular job. Sheesh?
Take those clothes off, but don’t forget to wear your mask!
Yeah, baby! I’ll rock you around the world, just don’t breathe on me.
For some unknown reason, I can't stop laughing....
What about Andrew Gillum’s “friend” in Florida with the leather chaps.
We can do without several kinds of the businesses closing, permanently.
You bet! Somebody should get a hold of Laz and tell him the working girls in San Fran are good to go. $50 a hit.
Taxpayers, are ya glad that your money is going to pay San Francisco hookers?
That’s the Bay Area for you. Land of fruits and nuts.
Will that be in one dollar bills?
Bill Krinton would approve.
Sounds like no one wanted to see her. Two ten minute sessions in an hour is still $20/hour.
Guy on hard times, wife suggest she go downtown and make a few bucks.
She gets home and hands him her purse.
He counts the money.
50 bucks and 50 cents.
‘What cheap SOB gave you 50 cents?’
“ALL OF THEM” she cried
You don't pay a whore for the sex; you pay her to go away when you're done.
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