After reading recent threads on here its got me wondering. Wages are low. Tax credits do make cock ups on claims and benefits can take ages to come through.
Some people dont always qualify to recieve anything and are left with huge gaps of weeks before any money comes in. A couple of years ago there was an article in a magazine called The rise of the dole dancer about this sort of subject.
But when someone has the choice of doing something like this or starving i can certainly see why someone would do it.
Hell i have done it. Ive worked in a sex chatline office.
By sex industry i mean anything from phone lines to escorting.
I suspect applications to work in this industry will rise even more once the changes to benefits and tax credits come into effect.
I worked in the chatline office ten years ago. I started that job after being forced to do workfare by the Job Centre. I did "work for your benefit" in a charity shop and then at my local council offices. It didnt lead to a job. Then they wanted me to work full time at Campbells soup factory for my JSA. Luckily i saw the chatline job advertised in the local paper,applied, interviewed and got it. I believe more people will enter this industry because of the new workfare as well.