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Has Dubai become a coded word on the Internet for prostitution?

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debbrianna · 22/05/2021 11:18

I was reading a thread earlier and constant use of the word Dubai in association with influencers has grown so much. However, no one really mentions who pays for these trips. During lockdown the running jokes about Dubai was rife regarding influencers.
I have also read about people duped in going thinking it was with friends on holiday and it all goes wrong.

Not longer ago, lots of people were being paid by wealthy men or companies to fly of to Dubai on party yachts. A few documentaries on YouTube pointed towards prostitution. Some of the most vile and dehumanising things happened to some of them.

ONLYFANS is full of people flying off to Dubia and this set alarm bells ringing for me. AIBU for thinking this?

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LostInTheLingerieSection · 23/05/2021 09:20

Why the hell can't people just shit in a toilet? Fucks sake

wheresmymojo · 23/05/2021 09:17

As PP have said it's not just ME.

It's less common here now as attitudes have changed however it was only a couple of years ago that there was the big expose of that 'men only' event that was similar with politicians, businessmen and such like in attendance. I forget the name of it!

JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil · 23/05/2021 09:15

‘All of the male influencers are going too. Are they also engaged in prostitution?’

Never heard of ‘gay for pay’?

wheresmymojo · 23/05/2021 09:14

@tara66

I owned a flat in Dubai for 10 years - just wonder what sort of Visa these girls were on unless they were just ''on holiday''? Even if they went to the border and back every month they could only get monthly Visas for 3 months then would have to leave.

They don't have visas - they are 'on holiday' and don't stay for long.

The punters like fresh meat Envy

Lostlemuria · 23/05/2021 09:13

Also for a lot of business deals, it’s expected that parties and women are offered as incentives. Again not right but perfectly accepted in many cultures as part of ‘doing business’ and has been the case for years.

KarensChoppyGob · 23/05/2021 09:11

Singapore is still quite notorious. Lots of transient business men.

Sillawithans · 23/05/2021 09:09

I used to live there and there were lots of massage parlour. Horrible place.

Lostlemuria · 23/05/2021 09:09

It’s not new, DH1s dad made his fortune in the 70’s and 80’s in this ‘business’ pimping women as high class escorts. It’s now just much ‘easier’ for girls to do themselves and more visible because of social media. It was all about the Med and Hong Kong in those days. Now I think it’s mostly the Eastern European girls making the big money. Having multiple paid for ‘mistresses’ is essential for wealth and prestige in some cultures. I’m not saying it’s right, it’s not new though.

KarensChoppyGob · 23/05/2021 09:08

@BilboBercow

All of the male influencers are going too. Are they also engaged in prostitution?
It's not unknown for them to 'benefit' from it.

Stormzy even mentions it in his lyrics, 'know I can get it all inclusive (in Dubai)' he's not talking about room service - well not food anyway.

Actually put me off his music.

wheresmymojo · 23/05/2021 09:08

This was happening long before Insta though.

Previously they would fly out models. I imagine the richest ones still do and that Insta has just opened up a more affordable market for men that are rich enough to do it but not rich enough to afford models.

The whole commoditisation of women like a cattle market is grim as fuck. I can also imagine some more naive younger women getting themselves into situations they didn't bargain for.

And of course women who've already been abused (sexually, physically, emotionally) are more likely to take part IMO because they have a skewed sense of self worth.

I speak as someone who nearly did escorting in my late teens / early 20s. At the time I would have argued convincingly that I had perfectly good self esteem and that it was all of my own free will and anyone that thought differently was being patronising. It's only with lots of therapy and a more mature perspective that I can see how abuse from my father led me to be vulnerable to sex-work (which thankfully I didn't go through with though through luck more than judgement)

Smurfsarethefuture · 23/05/2021 09:05

What about places like Soho house? That’s not a pick up place, is it? The Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone?

I’ve been researching places for meetings. Please tell me that they are respectable.

Smurfsarethefuture · 23/05/2021 09:03

@dayswithaY

I used to go to private clubs in the 80s with the City firm I worked for.

What company did you work for that took you to clubs like that? Or rather, made you feel you had to go?

tara66 · 23/05/2021 08:56

I owned a flat in Dubai for 10 years - just wonder what sort of Visa these girls were on unless they were just ''on holiday''? Even if they went to the border and back every month they could only get monthly Visas for 3 months then would have to leave.

BilboBercow · 23/05/2021 08:49

All of the male influencers are going too. Are they also engaged in prostitution?

dayswithaY · 23/05/2021 08:47

This is definitely not new. I have friends who were cabin crew in the 80s and were invited onto yachts for big money. They were told it was just to "hang out" but that's doubtful. I don't know anyone who did it.

I used to go to private clubs in the 80s with the City firm I worked for. I lost count of the times I would be approached to come back the next night alone, as the personal guest of Sheikh someone or other. I even got a handwritten note dropped in my lap offering me free membership if I would visit every night and meet other guests - who all appeared to be businessmen of Middle Eastern appearance.

I guessed it was all prostitution related. I suppose I could have made some money from it, but I preferred to stay in my boring job.

museumsandgalleries666 · 23/05/2021 08:35

@QueenOfPain

Rich men pay them loads of money to shit on them.
Who gets shat on? Rich men or pretty girls?
Imissmoominmama · 23/05/2021 08:24

Fuck me, that’s revolting.

habibihabibi · 23/05/2021 08:11

I've lived in the gulf for a long time and this is not new. As long as there is money ,punters and hookers with no decency.
In the 80s it was cabin crew servicing the locals. Then "model"agencies cropped up and they had "branches " in the UK, then Russia and Ukraine.
I knew a guy who used to be sent to scout in nightclubs and private jet willing girls back for "hoildays".
I think the internet and social media has just made it easier to freelance .
Dubai is however, teaming with hookers . It seems to be blindly accepted in even top hotels, even in daylight.
If you ever visit with family choose a hotel carefully.

Susannahmoody · 23/05/2021 02:02

Quite, the night sky

blueangel19 · 23/05/2021 01:36

One of the reasons I would never go there is the type of people that love going there.

thenightsky · 22/05/2021 23:16

I can't see anything glamourous about lying back and letting a man shit in my mouth FFS. Not even for £70,000

EmeraldShamrock · 22/05/2021 21:05

No. I think influencers and young people see it as glamorous. I mentioned Dubai on the OF thread the girls in question recieve fancy gifts from men in Dubai they go for the sunshine and shopping.
Some go for breast implants too. 🤣
www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/women-who-refused-quarantine-after-dubai-return-to-leave-prison-for-hotel-after-bail-conditions-amended-1.4528482

Jente · 22/05/2021 20:56

@Tealightsandd Fair point, it's pretty shitty here too.

CandyLeBonBon · 22/05/2021 19:59

I can remember being approached by a 'specialist' escort agency looking for women to shit on or be shat on by men in the late 90s. It's definitely a thing @PastaLaVistaBBY

Just to clarify I don't remotely look like an 'influencer' - but these sorts of 'services' have been paid for for a very long time. It's not new.

newnortherner111 · 22/05/2021 19:52

It is I agree awful. Yet the government will not even take the small step of the 'porn passport' which would reduce income for sites such as Only Fans, and perhaps stop some influencers going to Dubai. Or even insist on a visa scheme to Dubai so people could not leave at short notice.

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