Anyone watching the Louis Theroux programme?

[Doyoumind]

Not the first he's done on the subject but I'm interested on his take.

This one?

Yes. I am expecting to be challenged, which is good.

Bizarre

My first reactions
Victoria-damaged
The art student-aspergers???
The older woman-'low self esteem'

Very sad so far.

Hmm odd. I really wouldn't have the energy!!

I'm obviously biased but they do each seem to be ripe for exploitation.

Misogynistic men taking advantage of vulnerable women.

It's very sad.

omg the 14 year old daughter on telly. Thats not right.

She was told when she was 13. That is so young.

"My friend has booked me for his birthday"

There's a lot to unpick here.

Depressing and sad

This older lady is a bit embarrassing and deluded. The clothes she's wearing are not flattering at all if I'm being really superficial.

Oh, crikey, I looked it up. Sorry, that was an inappropriate post earlier.

I think it's interesting to see the real side of sex work. I don't think that disabled men buying sex is any more defensible than able bodied men doing it.

I think the guy with muscular dystrophy is lonely and sad. I don't like prostitution, as it is someone being exploited. But I don't know if there is a place for disabled people to be able to have sex and for some disabled people the only way would be to pay. I really don't know what the answer is. I feel like yes they should but does that mean the sex worker is exploited or are they a carer?

Louis is so good at probing into things and getting people to open up.

I feel sad for the married woman because it's like she felt that sex was the only way to increase her self esteem and make her value herself.

It's the married couple who are the most ... strange. She's doing it to boost her self esteem but what's in it for him?

The 14 year old .... not good.

Louis is an excellent interviewer. The older laser actually seems a bit mentally unwell to me. She's quite disassociated. Her poor husband.

Predicatably another story of abuse.

And now Ashley turns out to be really damaged too.

The mother normalising prostitution and getting her daughter to repeat it, is disturbing. The daughter clearly doesn't understand what its doing to her mother and what is happening. And i suspect there will be real life fall out from the documentary.

Don't think it should be shown on tv.

That family are very identifiable now. God knows what the fallout will be.

Imagine going to school on Monday when everybody has seen you on telly with your Mum the night before, talking about how she's an "escort"/ porn actor.