Reduced Level of Activity on Adult Work?

[Vice Admiral]

This is an entirely subjective opinion, which others may not share.

My impression is that there are fewer girls on Adult Work than there were, say, ten years ago – and also less "activity".

The statistics are distorted by the large number of Romanians on the site.  Ignore those, and there seems to me to be a much more limited selection than there used to be.  Also, genuine "new" girls with genuine potential don't turn up very often.  Not in my neck of the woods, anyway (the Portsmouth area).

If I'm right that there are fewer girls "on the game", the natural expectation would then be that those girls would be busier.  But feedback scores on AW don't suggest that's the case.

In addition, to judge from a trawl through old threads, there seems to be less activity on UKP than there was a few years ago.

Various surveys over the past few years have suggested that people in general are having less sex than they were ten or twenty years ago – so it wouldn't be very surprising if that tendency has spread to Hookersville and Horley.

[daviemac]

You can't ignore just Romanians though, unless you look through every profile. 

[Home Alone]

You may be right, VA; but what I've noticed, when trawling through an AW Search of native English-speaking more mature WGs in my neck of the woods, that some arrive and then disappear before I get round to seeing them.

That may be because of a couple of factors: stamina levels decreasing as I get older; and other priorities in life - I really should be spending more on getting my place attractive to potential buyers before I move into - rented - 'sheltered accommodation'.

And of course, once I'm there, I'll have freed up the funds to pay for all the punts I feel up to!

[jesse4585]

Interesting observation Vice Admiral.

Unlike yourself, I'd not necessarily expect the sex recession  (global decline in the overall frequency folk are having sex)  to lead to a reduction in paid sex too.  It depends on what's driving the 'sex recession'.  If the main drivers are the reasons I laid out in 'The rise of the GFE'  thread, then the decline in civvy sex could actually be causing an increase in punting.

But another possible driver for the sex recession include people in general becoming more stressed.  Whether it's from being financially squeezed,  or even mental stress.   (There's also talk that frequency of mental health conditions have increased these past few years,  especially chronic anxiety & depression, though the data isn't quite as strong as for the sex recession.)  If various types of stress are the main driver,  then yes both civvy sex & punting could be in decline.

Still, there's other explanations for the possible decline of AW activity.

For example, young women are now massively more aware of the sugar daddy option,and the ease with which that is facilitated by platforms. I've heard from several sources that lasses discuss it frequently on campus these days, with many considering it a much more appealing option than regular whoreing. I've not looked at the stats for Seeking Arrangments for about a year, but at least up to 2018 it had been enjoying heavy year on year growth.   Interestingly,  if you google "Seeking Arrangements Portsmouth"  you should get lots of articles reporting that the Uni near yourself has the highest proportion of students signing up  (compared to other UK unis).   

It could be that punters are aware more of the 'new girls with genuine potential' are going onto the sugar daddy platforms & so looking there instead of on AW.

[Vice Admiral]

Interesting observation Vice Admiral.

Unlike yourself, I'd not necessarily expect the sex recession  (global decline in the overall frequency folk are having sex)  to lead to a reduction in paid sex too.  It depends on what's driving the 'sex recession'.  If the main drivers are the reasons I laid out in 'The rise of the GFE'  thread, then the decline in civvy sex could actually be causing an increase in punting.

But another possible driver for the sex recession include people in general becoming more stressed.  Whether it's from being financially squeezed,  or even mental stress.   (There's also talk that frequency of mental health conditions have increased these past few years,  especially chronic anxiety & depression, though the data isn't quite as strong as for the sex recession.)  If various types of stress are the main driver,  then yes both civvy sex & punting could be in decline.

Still, there's other explanations for the possible decline of AW activity.

For example, young women are now massively more aware of the sugar daddy option,and the ease with which that is facilitated by platforms. I've heard from several sources that lasses discuss it frequently on campus these days, with many considering it a much more appealing option than regular whoreing. I've not looked at the stats for Seeking Arrangments for about a year, but at least up to 2018 it had been enjoying heavy year on year growth.   Interestingly,  if you google "Seeking Arrangements Portsmouth"  you should get lots of articles reporting that the Uni near yourself has the highest proportion of students signing up  (compared to other UK unis).   

It could be that punters are aware more of the 'new girls with genuine potential' are going onto the sugar daddy platforms & so looking there instead of on AW.

I'm sure you're right, Jesse, that Seeking and other such sites are a factor in the decline of Adult Work (if, indeed, I'm not imagining that decline).

There's also the question of "peer culture".   I have a theory that Secret Diary of a Call Girl, which ran from 2007 to 2011, was a factor in encouraging quite a lot of young women to try escorting around a decade ago.  Certainly there were, at that time, numerous 20-ish young women in the Portsmouth area – many of whom knew each other, either directly or indirectly – who were at the very least dabbling on Adult Work. 

Some came and went.  Some stayed for a few years.

These girls were, typically but not invariably, single mothers living in council flats – so a rather different category, I assume, from the more student-y types to be found today on Seeking?

(I am of course proud to learn that so many Portsmouth University students are members of Seeking!)

 

[Corus Boy]

You can't ignore just Romanians though, unless you look through every profile. 

You can exclude them from your searches though.

[akauya]

My impression is that there are fewer girls on Adult Work than there were, say, ten years ago – and also less "activity".

The statistics are distorted by the large number of Romanians on the site.  Ignore those, and there seems to me to be a much more limited selection than there used to be.  Also, genuine "new" girls with genuine potential don't turn up very often.  Not in my neck of the woods, anyway (the Portsmouth area).

You can't claim there is less activity in AW by ignoring Romanians. If you do then a more apt question would be "Aside from Romanians is there a reduced Level of Activity on Adult Work?"

You can see I got up from the pedant side of the bed this morning 

[jesse4585]

There's also the question of "peer culture".   I have a theory that Secret Diary of a Call Girl, which ran from 2007 to 2011, was a factor in encouraging quite a lot of young women to try escorting around a decade ago.  Certainly there were, at that time, numerous 20-ish young women in the Portsmouth area – many of whom knew each other, either directly or indirectly – who were at the very least dabbling on Adult Work. 

Agreed. Similarly, the popularity of '50 shades of grey' likely boosted the numbers deciding to explore the sugar daddy option.

These girls were, typically but not invariably, single mothers living in council flats – so a rather different category, I assume, from the more student-y types to be found today on Seeking?

Mostly yes.  Though despite the good job figures, there still seems to be many recent graduates who can't find well paid work, some even in severe poverty, so there's some overlap.

As to the single Mums,  it's possible there's now a little less pressure on them to go onto AW than a couple of years back.  While there's been much talk of 'survival sex' this past few months, the peak of that in UK may have been about 2016/ 2017, at least when it come to women forced into sex work as their benefits were stopped.   Various reports came out in 2015 & later showing the extreme hardship being caused to single Moms & their children by DWP sanctions. Even senior Tories recoiled from such suffering, & began ordering DWP to reduce the harshness of their sanctions.  Difficult to be sure as the data's not yet settled & some of it conflicts, but it may be that there's been less sanction related cruelty since 2016. On the other hand financial stressmay still be getting worse due to other factors.  The United Nations are currently looking into poverty in the UK, per the various indications it's still a major & growing problem.

And we haven't mentioned the B work yet, so yes could be quite a few trends reducing activity on AW.

 

[bender999]

I dont think you can ignore the arrival of, and easy access to,  free porn. Some people perhaps  prefer to get their sexual pleasures that way with every form of sexual activity and perversion available to watch for nothing. Of course fewer WG's means higher prices.That's just supply and demand.

[Trenlover]

Less eastern Europeans because of brexit ?

[Vice Admiral]

As to the single Mums,  it's possible there's now a little less pressure on them to go onto AW than a couple of years back.  While there's been much talk of 'survival sex' this past few months, the peak of that in UK may have been about 2016/ 2017, at least when it come to women forced into sex work as their benefits were stopped.   Various reports came out in 2015 & later showing the extreme hardship being caused to single Moms & their children by DWP sanctions. Even senior Tories recoiled from such suffering, & began ordering DWP to reduce the harshness of their sanctions.  Difficult to be sure as the data's not yet settled & some of it conflicts, but it may be that there's been less sanction related cruelty since 2016. On the other hand financial stressmay still be getting worse due to other factors.  The United Nations are currently looking into poverty in the UK, per the various indications it's still a major & growing problem.

You're much better informed than me about changes to the benefits system over recent years!

Either way, I find your analysis persuasive.

In summary, therefore, it appears that these young women were admitting me to their bedrooms out of desperation?

And there was I thinking it was the highlight of their day...

[Vice Admiral]

You can't claim there is less activity in AW by ignoring Romanians. If you do then a more apt question would be "Aside from Romanians is there a reduced Level of Activity on Adult Work?"

You can see I got up from the pedant side of the bed this morning 

I've just seen this, Akauya.

You're a man after my own heart! 

I'm happy to stand corrected.  None of us can ever rest on our laurels when it comes to precision of expression – as, indeed, I regularly tell ladies of the night during such few moments of quiet reflection as are available to us during our encounters. 

[jesse4585]

In summary, therefore, it appears that these young women were admitting me to their bedrooms out of desperation?

Perhaps in some cases. Didn't mean to imply most would be.  I'm sure you know just as well as me, but sexuality varies wildly from woman to woman. For some sex work is repugnant, something they'll only do as a last resort.  But for many others it's a reasonably agreeable line of work. Most UK sex workers fall into this second category IMO.  There's been survey's finding that UK sex workers have higher than average job satisfaction compared to regular civvy occupations.

And there was I thinking it was the highlight of their day...

I suspect you were often correct, many would likely very much enjoy their sessions with a cultured gentleman such as yourself.

Huh, I'm sure even a gauche, unattractive middle aged punter like myself has made a few young ladies days.  Many a time, both offline & online,  I've heard WGs say they prefer punter sex to divvy sex even though they get to chose who they sleep with in the latter.  I doubt this is true for most, but several times I've even heard WGs say they prefer sex with less attractive middle aged men to young fit punters. Example:  "I feel more relaxed with someone who is considerably less attractive than me. And usually end up having a more enjoyable session."  https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=226523.msg2304929#msg2304929 

In some cases WG talk about having massive sex drives & really enjoying their work is doubtless insincere marketing speak, but in some cases I judge it to be true.  Going back to your point on single Mums & benefits,  I think the more generous the benefit system,  the less chance there is of punters encountering the sort of WG who is driven solely by desperation, and so less chance of the sort of cold and mechanical service that can make one feel worse than before the punt.

[Vice Admiral]

I suppose, Jesse, that all punts lie somewhere on the continuum between "out of desperation" and "made her day".

In my own case, I certainly don't have any illusions, although one would like to feel that most of one's sessions come at least into the "OK-ish" category from the girl's point of view.

Also those of us who are no longer in our first youth are perhaps more considerate in the bedroom than those who are.  Most escorts will say that, given the choice, they would prefer an old git to a young lout.

[Spencer Fobby]

Some interesting thoughts shared so far.
Obviously, without a proper survey, this is all opinion and anecdotal, so I shall add my subjective opinion in that spirit:
The rise of free porn of a more and more extreme nature has changed expectations of what constitutes good sex. And living up to the standards we set ourselves actually can be stressful. Sometimes it’s just easier and more fun to have a wank.
Paying good money for a bit of suck and fuck with someone who’s not actually into you has become less appealing to me - I’d rather book a SP who can provide a more extreme service with the associated extras and build up my own sense of anticipation, which is only rarely met.
The popularity of sugar baby sites has created another outlet for this need, but whether many of the students and others who joined seeking would have instead taken the plunge into escorting is an unlikely scenario: they are dipping a toe into sex work and pretending it isn’t. A few may go on to become escorts, but most dabble for a while and then leave the ‘industry’.
It’s also true that a good few escorts are using seeking to expand their client base - but they aren’t doing it instead of, rather as well as.
Meanwhile sugar baby expectations have made sites like seeking harder and harder work. To find the kind of girl I am willing to meet and give money to, I need to send over a hundred initial messages, filter the responses and get them to WhatsApp (usually about 20 WA conversations from the initial 100) and then I might find one. Case in point - I’ve met 50 sugar babies and have over 1000 contacts from seeking. So less than 0.5 % conversation rate after all those hundred of initial messages on seeking. It’s a lot of effort!
However, the sex I have experienced from those few is in a different league to the sex with the SPs I met on AW. AW escorts just don’t compare for me anymore.
All of which is just one bloke’s experience. But if it’s true that punters are expecting more and better for their money then that may we’ll have the effect of reducing the amount of SPs willing to provide the service. And if it’s true that porn is raising our expectations of what we want - which goes along with the stress and pressure of both parties to deliver PSE experiences then the frequency of visits is likely to reduce (while the cost goes up).
So - less frequent punts, higher expectations probably = less SPs staying in the game.
Plus more sugar babies reduces the pool of punters available for the AW SPs.
Punting seems to be becoming more expensive as threads here have commented. And currently the conversation in the closed Seeking thread is bemoaning the fact that £500 is the new £300 and most girls are sticking to their expectations. It’s much more expensive on seeking than it ever was.
Add in political uncertainty and it’s not surprising that things have changed.
(All opinions are purely conjecture and based solely on personal experience).

[daviemac]

You can exclude them from your searches though.

You can't exclude just Romanians though, if you set your search to exclude them it also excludes all those who haven't stated a nationality, including British. That's why I said you can't exclude just Roms.   

[Lilywhite]

Personally, I feel it might be due to the rise of social media- instagram in particular.

Now I am neither young or attractive enough to be posing on there these days but the 'young crew' who are 'fitness models' and the like- they get offers from all over the world to fuck some random. They won't venture to AW if they can sell their onlyfans and ass to the highest bidder. I think it's just a new era.

[Jeremy]

You can't exclude just Romanians though, if you set your search to exclude them it also excludes all those who haven't stated a nationality, including British. That's why I said you can't exclude just Roms.   

Not to mention all the Romanians who put their nationality down as something else like "Brazilian" and somesuch.

[akauya]

Personally, I feel it might be due to the rise of social media- instagram in particular.

Now I am neither young or attractive enough to be posing on there these days but the 'young crew' who are 'fitness models' and the like- they get offers from all over the world to fuck some random. They won't venture to AW if they can sell their onlyfans and ass to the highest bidder. I think it's just a new era.

This is a very valid point. I did notice the popularity of onlyfans increasing somewhat.

[scutty brown]

One important thing that no-one has mentioned is the move by foreign girls  away from AW to Vivastreet, mainly driven by the tightening of verification checks by AW in the last two years.
Three years ago for Lancashire AW would show around 80-100 EE girls at any time, with VS showing around 30.
If you check now, AW typically has 20-30, while VS around 180-200 total profiles around 80% being EE

[Payyourwaymate]

Personally, I feel it might be due to the rise of social media- instagram in particular.

These days but the 'young crew' who are 'fitness models' and the like- they get offers from all over the world to fuck some random. They won't venture to AW if they can sell their onlyfans and ass to the highest bidder. I think it's just a new era.

+1  .

[Horizontal pleasures]

as many ladies have phone numbers visible, no need to use AW email or AW booking system so less AW activity.

[Will2k]

If only there was a way to pull the meta data

[Hobbit]

Most of them are on Sugar Daddy websites now as that way they can see one or two clients rather than fucking 5+ a day. Times have also changed with most of the girls we knew have reached a mature age and have retired or found boyfriends to pay for their lifestyles and the new generation of girls are probably not interested in Adultwork for reasons stated above. Just my observations. 

[Gordon Bennett]

I've noticed that my Adultwork timeline (the feature that tracks activity of ladies in your hotlist(s)) is as quiet as it's ever been. There were only about 5 "actions" yesterday but it used to be at least 15 a day.
I also think there are far less crackpot profiles on there - maybe AW are being more proactive and speedy in removing the idiotic prank profiles?

[Horizontal pleasures]

I've noticed that my Adultwork timeline (the feature that tracks activity of ladies in your hotlist(s)) is as quiet as it's ever been. There were only about 5 "actions" yesterday but it used to be at least 15 a day.
I also think there are far less crackpot profiles on there - maybe AW are being more proactive and speedy in removing the idiotic prank profiles?

there is still a series of repeated photos and profiles which come and go all over the UK which must be fakes and have been featured here before a very few months ago. They are very crackpot or maybe both crack and pot.

[Home Alone]

They are very crackpot or maybe both crack and pot.

Very good, Hp. Specially for you, if I may observe!

[Paul Shanahan]

I tend to agree that there is a drop off in activity on AW, as well as a bit of a crisis in terms of rising prices and poorer customer service amongst many working girls. I think it's likely to get worse. My own tastes are for MILFs and GILFs, and in my part of the world it used to be quite easy to book one at a day or two's notice, working out of her Council house and prepared to sell her fanny for £90 or £100 per hour; and her arse for a tenner more... Sadly, a number of my ladies of choice have retired over the last few years, and aren't being replaced by newer providers.

Those who remain seem busier and more difficult to book, and obviously have all the regulars they can accommodate... It's difficult to identify what exactly has happened, but the huge drop in teenage pregnancies in recent decades has definitely been a contributory factor - there are fewer women abandoned by boyfriends with kids to look after, and desperate to earn something to supplement their benefits. Instead any girl with get up and go in the decaying pit towns and villages of South Yorkshire and the East Midlands which are my punting territory are in regular work, or off to college, and not in the career path from pump and dump in seedy parlours to independent whore working from home.

Relatively few of the women in these dead-end areas have got what it takes to be successful whores - it's not enough to have an enthusiasm for cock and skills in servicing it. They've got to keep a clean, tidy and respectable house - most of us will only visit an SP where the house smells of smoke or the plumbing hangs off the wall once. Likewise, the presence of the other half watching Jeremy Kyle downstairs, or some lairy youths outside isn't great for the libido... A good whore needs be friendly and accommodating, and able to manage conversation with the wide range of gentlemen who pay their hard-earned money to use her cunt... A good whore needs to be organised - and many of those I've met combine looking after children, grandchildren and elderly parents with opening their legs two or three times a day. Not easy, and whilst whoring may have been the only option when the women I prefer went on the game in previous decades, there are more choices now...

There are the alternatives. Like most people on these pages, I'm wary of transient Romanians - not because of any prejudice, but because their feedback is often lousy and I don't want to put my wallet, phone and car at risk. These days I tend to fall back on the formulaic but reliable approach of the Chinese massage spa. I don't get penetrative sex, but for £80 I get a good massage and the chance to enjoy a moist and tasty cunt during the B2B bit. It's the same successful approach of tailoring a consistent product to the market that's given us Chinese restaurants across the globe, and for the price, it's hard to beat.

Unfortunately, we can't be sure how a tighter post-Brexit immigration system will affect them; and perhaps I'm not on my own in thinking the Government should stop trying to be a moral policeman, and relax visa requirements for visiting sex-workers from South East Asia, China and the Philippines. After all, the ladies will be earning a living emptying four or five sets of balls a day, and will not be making demands on the benefits system; and of course carrying out a vital public service. Who knows, someone might finally realise that the only way to save England's godawful seaside resorts is to create sex-industry tolerance zones, and take a leaf out of the book of resorts like Pattaya and Angeles City. The prospect of plentiful and reasonably-priced oriental cunt is the only thing that could tempt most of us to Yarmouth, Cleethorpes or Skegness...   

[daviemac]

Unfortunately, we can't be sure how a tighter post-Brexit immigration system will affect them; and perhaps I'm not on my own in thinking the Government should stop trying to be a moral policeman, and relax visa requirements for visiting sex-workers from South East Asia, China and the Philippines. After all, the ladies will be earning a living emptying four or five sets of balls a day, and will not be making demands on the benefits system; and of course carrying out a vital public service. Who knows, someone might finally realise that the only way to save England's godawful seaside resorts is to create sex-industry tolerance zones, and take a leaf out of the book of resorts like Pattaya and Angeles City. The prospect of plentiful and reasonably-priced oriental cunt is the only thing that could tempt most of us to Yarmouth, Cleethorpes or Skegness...   

By that paragraph you want to see it easier to traffic EE and Asian women into this country to be forced into sex work.   

[Payyourwaymate]

A good whore needs be friendly and accommodating, and able to manage conversation with the wide range of gentlemen who pay their hard-earned money to use her cunt... A good whore needs to be organised - and many of those I've met combine looking after children, grandchildren and elderly parents with opening their legs two or three times a day. Not easy, and whilst whoring may have been the only option when the women I prefer went on the game in previous decades, there are more choices now...

You are asking for too much .

[Paul Shanahan]

By that paragraph you want to see it easier to traffic EE and Asian women into this country to be forced into sex work.   

On the other hand, as with drugs, if you make it legal and above-board, you minimise the opportunities for criminals in the supply-chain. Let's remember the experience of prohibition in the US, that essentially created the Mafia.

[daviemac]

On the other hand, as with drugs, if you make it legal and above-board, you minimise the opportunities for criminals in the supply-chain. Let's remember the experience of prohibition in the US, that essentially created the Mafia.

Are you for real  You're trying to compare banning and making illegal something that had been perfectly legal since the country was founded, with enforcing the law against something that has always been illegal. 

Human trafficking goes on in this country and it's a thing that should be stamped out, not made easier. Northumbria police are very proactive, there have been several raids in recent years on EE and Chinese owned premises where trafficking and or coercion have been suspected and found to be the case. But you really do want to make it easier fort traffickers, because that's all that will happen. 

As far as drugs are concerned, I'm lost for words, you want to make legal something that destroys lives and kills people. Look what happened with the 'legal highs', they were readily available and got so abused they had to be banned and made illegal. 

 

[sparkus]

Can only comment on my local East London postcodes, but definitely.  10 years ago I could just type in mine and find some EE a couple of streets away.  Just typed in now, down to just two pages and not a single one of the top profiles with phone numbers displayed, never mind a green light.

[sparkus]

Should point out that Vivastreet has tons of pages for this part of London, usual caveats apply but perhaps that's where they've all gone?

Had an utterly shite punt via VS last week, one of my worst ever but the profile has gone and her name was fairly uncommon/foreign enough for me to forget so I can't even warn.

[MME]

...... The prospect of plentiful and reasonably-priced oriental cunt is the only thing that could tempt most of us to Yarmouth, Cleethorpes or Skegness......   

Great post there PS  , I nearly SHAT myself laughing at the bit above - it'd have to be well priced and very beautiful cunt to get me to those places 

[freeze44]

As far as drugs are concerned, I'm lost for words, you want to make legal something that destroys lives and kills people. Look what happened with the 'legal highs', they were readily available and got so abused they had to be banned and made illegal. 

 

So we should ban booze then? Fucks up more lives than any other drugs and just because it's legal and socially acceptable don't make it right!

Wg's, booze, drugs etc etc are part of the world we mix in. Reckon you would want society to be more enlightened about wg's? Hope so and would say worth looking into the truth about all drugs, legal and illegal ones and not follow the newspaper headline crap.

[daviemac]

So we should ban booze then? Fucks up more lives than any other drugs and just because it's legal and socially acceptable don't make it right!

Wg's, booze, drugs etc etc are part of the world we mix in. Reckon you would want society to be more enlightened about wg's? Hope so and would say worth looking into the truth about all drugs, legal and illegal ones and not follow the newspaper headline crap.

So you are also saying drugs should be legalised.     

[freeze44]

So you are also saying drugs should be legalised.     

Defo a case for reviewing what currently illegal drugs should be legalised as weed will soon be as a number of enlightened areas have done already.

The point is, and as punters , we are open to thinking outside the box a bit more on 'shady' areas than the average joe. 

[daviemac]

Defo a case for reviewing what currently illegal drugs should be legalised as weed will soon be as a number of enlightened areas have done already.

The point is, and as punters , we are open to thinking outside the box a bit more on 'shady' areas than the average joe. 

I don't think you've read the thread correctly, you've gone off on a tangent. You're taking my direct response to Paul Shanahan's posts out of context.

[freeze44]

I don't think you've read the thread correctly, you've gone off on a tangent. You're taking my direct response to Paul Shanahan's posts out of context.

Re-read and see where your coming from as the post from PS was about trafficing etc and would add agree that that should be tightened up!! 

[daviemac]

Re-read and see where your coming from as the post from PS was about trafficing etc and would add agree that that should be tightened up!! 

 

[surreyvisitor]

I lived in Australia for a few years, and I was amazed at the number of pretty, young Australian girls who were offering massage with happy ending.  I could just go on backpage (sadly gone now), easily find an 18/19/20 year old girl and often they would say they had friends available to join them.  I really go for that pretty girl next door normal look and having two pretty 20 year old friends in lingerie massage me and slowly stroke my cock was the ultimate as far as i am concerned. 

I get back to the UK and go on A/W thinking there must be loads of english university girls doing the same and nothing.  Literally two years on and I have still not found anything similar, the feel that they are doing it with their mates for a bit of extra cash.

Having bad experiences with Roms in the past I avoid them which leaves literally a handful of English girls in my area.  They will either be well past it or if they are under 30 and remotely pretty be expecting £2/300 an hour.

My conclusion is that all the pretty university girls looking for extra cash must be on Seeking Arrangement.  I am sure they will get a much higher class of man (with a lot more money) and it all appears a lot more sanitised and acceptable than having sex with any man who contacts you on A/W.  Have to say, if I was single and had the time to put in the legwork I would only be searching on seeking arrangement now.  For me A/W just seems like a bait and switch site on the whole, with the majority of the girls trying to get your money for the least amount of effort possible.

[samsmith_1231]

I wonder if we’ll see more ladies on AW during a recession?

[Colston36]

This is an entirely subjective opinion, which others may not share.

My impression is that there are fewer girls on Adult Work than there were, say, ten years ago – and also less "activity".

The statistics are distorted by the large number of Romanians on the site.  Ignore those, and there seems to me to be a much more limited selection than there used to be.  Also, genuine "new" girls with genuine potential don't turn up very often.  Not in my neck of the woods, anyway (the Portsmouth area).

If I'm right that there are fewer girls "on the game", the natural expectation would then be that those girls would be busier.  But feedback scores on AW don't suggest that's the case.

In addition, to judge from a trawl through old threads, there seems to be less activity on UKP than there was a few years ago.

Various surveys over the past few years have suggested that people in general are having less sex than they were ten or twenty years ago – so it wouldn't be very surprising if that tendency has spread to Hookersville and Horley.

I don't know if there are fewer, but the ones I see regularly say demand has dropped off drastically. A 21 year old who I see about once every 10 days told me last Friday that she only gets about a quarter, at best, of the numbers she had 18 months ago. I think Brexit uncertainty is causing it.

[sparkus]

I don't know if there are fewer, but the ones I see regularly say demand has dropped off drastically. A 21 year old who I see about once every 10 days told me last Friday that she only gets about a quarter, at best, of the numbers she had 18 months ago. I think Brexit uncertainty is causing it.

I also thought 2008 would kill off the hobby too.

I think some well-reviewed girls with compelling offers will always prosper, even if they are reliant on a smaller base of well off clients rather than regular joes who have the occasional blow out on them.

The meh pump and dump types will have to freeze/rethink prices but their overheads will continue to bite, which is why you increasingly don't see such women inside zone 3 these days.

[20jay]

What about the single theory. More and more people live alone or just loose together. You can have a sex partner in the pub or elsewhere at night. No one has to fear consequences for his "prosperity" or emotional, because of the children.

The majority of children are growing up with one parent anyway, so they have not lived in the vanilla TV family world for a long time.

For this ever larger group of people, there are only a few reasons to pull as punter through the relevant advertising pages.

[Adoniron]

I saw a parlour girl a while ago who used to be independent but went to work in a parlour because AW was so quiet. She put it down to the Rommies.

[scutty brown]

I don't know if there are fewer, but the ones I see regularly say demand has dropped off drastically. A 21 year old who I see about once every 10 days told me last Friday that she only gets about a quarter, at best, of the numbers she had 18 months ago. I think Brexit uncertainty is causing it.

I suspect the reason in her case is that as an 18 year old she got more interest then as a 21 year old

[Convince Me]

My conclusion is that all the pretty university girls looking for extra cash must be on Seeking Arrangement.  I am sure they will get a much higher class of man (with a lot more money) and it all appears a lot more sanitised and acceptable than having sex with any man who contacts you on A/W.  Have to say, if I was single and had the time to put in the legwork I would only be searching on seeking arrangement now.  For me A/W just seems like a bait and switch site on the whole, with the majority of the girls trying to get your money for the least amount of effort possible.

Could not agree with you more. Just look at some members on here who’s reviews have plummeted, having signed up to SA. This is why every member who punts has a ‘duty’ to review for us all.

[billybobsmith]

Not sure if it's partly down to the overall quality of what's on offer.

Whilst £100 is on the cusp of my "willing to take a chance" price mark, £140+ isn't.  I'm not going to pay over the odds on the off chance the woman might provide a decent experience for me, so I'll not take the risk regardless of how glowing the majority of reviews might be.
A lot of these women have been around for a while, have become jaded, provide very little in the way of proactive services resulting in reducing throughput, yet the prices go up for a lesser service.
Unfortunately, punting doesn't seem to work the same as say the luxury car market or watch where a high price tag may buy quality.  Perhaps a lot of these women need to realise that if you're being uncut by Roms etc., adding £30+ to their prices doesn't make you a Mercedes Vs. a Fiat Panda in this business.

The parlour scene is definitely dropping off so a lot of women who may have previously started their "careers" there, in a potentially safe environment, no longer do so.

There's also the fact that a lot of women there are scammers, Sergei trying to scam you, or just won't answer your messages when you try to book them.