Monday, November 02, 2009
Sex at burger prices because of the crisis
Well, actually, the headline translated to "Sex at bargain prices because of the crisis", but who could resist, eh? (Sorry, you'll have to travel to Peru to try this pleasure in a bun.)
Last year it was reported that the word "crisis" overtook the word "sex" in internet searches for the first time, so it's clear priorities have shifted.
A recent report (via Gomeraverde) tells the tale of Mili, a prostitute in the south of Tenerife, who, before the crisis, worked 3 hours per day to obtain an average monthly income of around 3,000 euros. Now, she says, she works as many as 12 hours per day, but doesn't manage to earn over 800 euros per month.
It's reported that, because of a decrease in clients, many of the girls have been obliged to drop the prices of their services to attract "more careful" (read poorer / meaner) customers, or to accept clients they would normally refuse, advertising services at "anti-crisis prices" starting as low as 20 euros.
Meanwhile, sex shops aren't reporting any drop in trade, saying that while people are spending less on going out, they are spending more time at home (presumably, playing with their "toys") and sexologists are reporting a boom, as couples realize that it's cheaper to seek counselling than it is to separate.
In other reports, the consumption of cannabis, alcohol and tobacco are all down amongst the population of the Canary Islands, while the market for cocaine has apparently "stabilized." (This, it seems to suggest, is as much due to a drop in disposable income as that it's become so ordinary, the novelty has worn off.)
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