Confessions of an adult entertainer

Miss Y is a dark haired, ivory-skinned, 22-year old woman with an unusual extra income. She provides sexually enticing videos and photographs to customers, at a cost.

Her advertisement reads,

“I offer hot pics and vids… I consider meeting once you’re a customer.”

When questioned about whether she believes sex work should be legalised in its entirety, considering that adult films and photography are legal whilst prostitution remains illegal, she answered,

“Sex work shouldn’t be illegal because every woman is a sex worker in this world. It’s just how men work. If you are married, you’re a sex worker too… You get paid in some way for your ‘wifely duties’, the only difference with online sex workers is that we only seek money. It’s very hard for women with fewer opportunities.”

She paused for a moment and then added,

“What I do [online entertainment] is legal anyway. Sex is part of life, part of nature; how you do it, when you do it and for what reward is up to you.”

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When asked how old she was when she started working as an adult entertainer, she stated

“When it comes to age, some sites have a “teen” section…”

She trailed off and wouldn’t elaborate further, leaving the question open to whether she ever appeared in the “teen/underage” section of a pornographic website herself.

“How did I get started, you ask?” she laughed, “lack of employment! This is South Africa. Getting a job is like searching for gold. Anybody who is desperate will take extra measures to ensure they have an income of some sort.”

When asked whether she was still unemployed or whether unemployment was merely the catalyst to her career as an adult entertainer, she replied,

“I’m a professional ‘Youtuber’ with my own channel. I also do ‘ad’ work for companies on Facebook and Instagram. I own websites for purposes other than adult entertainment too. I offer my online expertise as a worldwide service.”

“I make about R1 000 a month as an online adult entertainer. All of my clients are men who live in eMalahleni,” she revealed.

When asked if there was anything she’d like to say, a message she’d like to get out to the world, she immediately replied,

“To the people that degrade women for being prostitutes, remember that it’s not a hobby or a talent. Nobody chooses to be degraded or to be a prostitute. Women resort to sex work because they don’t see a way out… and they need to make ends meet.”