The sex industry in South Africa is huge. By all accounts thousands of women are making a living selling their bodies in strip clubs, at truck stops, in massage parlours, suburban homes or backstreet alleys across the land.
“Research shows that sex workers earn three to five times more working in the sex industry than they would in ‘normal’ employment. For those needing immediate cash, sex work provides cash in hand instead of a month-long wait.”“Sex workers don’t generally view the job as a long-term career choice,” says Chandré Gould of the Institute of Security Studies and co-author of“On average, street-based sex workers spend six years in the industry moving in and out, depending on their circumstances.
movie, but it’s not like that. You get some really sick men who want to do everything that they can’t do with their wives. Every second guy wants anal sex. I always wonder if they aren’t all gay! They often try and get sex without condoms, and they love to come in a girl’s mouth or on her face. In porn movies that happens a lot, so I think most of these guys are trying to live out the fantasies they’ve learnt from watching films.
“If a guy offers me a lot of money to sleep with him, I will. I don’t do it often, but I would be lying to say I never do. Most of the time I make my money from private lap dancing where the guy pays to watch and he sometimes masturbates. I dream one day of opening my own dance studio.
“Massage is usually part of the service,” she says, “but it ends with masturbation or whatever the client and therapist agree on.” “The sex workers are required to report for duty on time and stay for 8- to 10-hour shifts, sometimes longer,” says Lalu.