Are We Headed for a Recession? Ask Sex Workers.

[Hobby]

Some adult content creators say business is down—but it's hard to say whether it's the economy or the ongoing war on porn.

Whether we're headed into the next big recession is the big question economists are facing right now: The war in Ukraine, levels of inflation not seen in decades, and supply-chain snags are signs pointing toward yes. Historically, experts don't, or can't, determine that a recession is a recession until we're in the throes of it. But sex workers, on the front lines of consumer habits, might have the answer for them before the big economist brains are ready to call it.

Workers at strip clubs—businesses that, in the past, have also been seen as recession-proof—say they're feeling the effects of a struggling economy right now. Club owners have admitted that they don't feel the strain of lagging customers during recessions while dancers, who already struggle for better labor conditions, take the financial hit from slow shifts and customers who tip less. Some say empty clubs are a sure sign recession is coming soon. Recently, workers in brothels, too, are anecdotally reporting fewer clients and a prolonged quiet period that shows no sign of letting up.

Online, some adult content creators are seeing slower sales, too.

"I have seen a dip in spenders recently," Onlyfans model Brie Nightwood told Motherboard. "My whale tippers haven't been online as often and I'm getting more freeloaders on my page."

Lately sales have stagnated," Onlyfans model Cinthya LaRose said. "I find it difficult to drive in new customers. Customers seem less keen on purchasing additional content beyond the subscription prices. Last year I was able to sell more videos to more of my subscribers. It has been a struggle the last few months."

"In general, I would say that it is becoming far more difficult to maintain the same level of earnings from online sex work as I did just a few years ago," adult content creator GoAskAlex told Motherboard. "In the last few years my income has noticeably declined, and as a result I have had to disperse my income across multiple adult platforms in order to ensure I have a back up plan."

But it's hard to say what's causing these changes; in the last two years, we've had the recession of 2020 as the pandemic took hold, a massive influx of new workers entering the erotic content market with sites like Onlyfans exploding in popularity, and the ever-increasing online censorship and banking discrimination against sex workers.

An old adage used to hold that pornography was "recession-proof" and immune from the economic struggles that other industries face when markets went south. This started to change in the early 2000s, with the rise of the internet. One year before the recession that took hold in 2001—a combination of the dot com bubble and 9/11—pornographers started feeling an economic squeeze.

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[yourgirlforhire]

No, this is not true for everyone. It IS true if you do not take care of your clients (some ladies really do not do follow up etc to KEEP clients and show that they really care)
but both my career job and "this" is so incredibly booked that it's hard to keep my head above water. My career job is also a luxury and non-essential service, and yet business is busier than any year before. And... I've been a working girl for 20 years now, with a major price increase in 2019 in hopes to keep up with demand by possibly becoming more elusive and less  accessible.

Business standards have definitely raised if girls want to keep "employed" in-person and virtually.  Not only do they need to do a phenomenal job (like if you think you are doing a good job you need to do even more!) , they need to work/ respond and care with urgency and true desire (not desperation- that does the opposite and only brings bad or no business) l.
Of course,  all that is just my personal opinion.

[Utrrose]

I agree with Jane 100% I'm doing the best I've ever done since starting in the buisness 10 years ago. If you love your regulars and form beautiful friendships with them eventually you have a million regulars and there's never any worry. I count my blessings everyday and grateful for the great guys who have stuck by me all these years. 

[Zep]

It's a shame that more ladies don't recognize the value of repeat business. Yes, it is a business, but fun, sweet relationships can be built that benefit both parties. Providers like Jane and Rosalyn epitomize what it takes to become recession proof in this business.. 

I just don't get the ladies who upsell or jack rates, unreasonably, on all their old regulars until they are all gone. 

[dogwalker]

   Life is often very complicated and people are diverse so there can be multiple related reasons for why something like the economy or a business is the way it is.  Ask any provider how business is going and whether it is up or down and one would likely get a variety of answers with a variety of reasons.

[zoezane]

It's not a accident that some do good and other don't.  I was here before Google was born.  Money was falling from the sky in Silicon Valley.  2007 we had the housing scam hit us all.  Now the pandemic and covid19 is not going away.

I did Feng Shui through out my work space and life.  My money blue print for financial freedom is fine tuned.

The key to abundance is gratitude and thankfulness (YouTube meditations) 

It's about energy and what you attract.  I'm a money magnet and so are my clients.  We're all happy, fun people. 

[Fathernature69]

I agree with Jane.  I have been asking my clients on what they are seeing and currently there is no signs of a slow down. 

Providers should see it 1st as they are competing for the entertainment $. 

I wouldn't thought with elevated food food and energy prices this would of cut into the entertainment $, but so far no signs of things slowing down.