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New Zealand sex worker revealed: I earn $130,000 a year, but I'm still worried about money......

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Here's a contribution from a sex worker in New Zealand:

A white woman, 33 years old, mainly engaged in sex work and massage, earning about 120,000-130,000 New Zealand dollars a year.

This income is about the same as that of an IT practitioner with 5 years of experience in Auckland.

However, her life and consumption are very different from other jobs.

01

"With an annual income of 130,000, I'm still worried about money!"

The contributor grew up in a modest environment, and the poorest time was six years ago, when she lived in government emergency housing and couldn't even afford sanitary napkins, so she had to steal them.

After she started working as a sex worker, the economy was much easier, but it was still difficult for her to save money because she had a money-burning hobby - luxury.

Spending a week's income on a bag, booking a luxury suite while traveling, and doing her face, nails, and hair are luxuries, but she still pays for it because a lot of it is "work-related".

"Indulgence, impulsiveness, not enough money to spend." Here's her summary of her spending habits.

She shares a house with a friend, earns $400 a week, and currently has about $7,000 in savings.

In order to save money, she cooks and coffee by herself, tries to save 300-500 New Zealand dollars a week, and her biggest wish is to have her own house as soon as possible, as well as a secure life.

However, unlike other jobs, sex workers have an unstable income and no holiday pay, and last summer she had no job and spent a lot of money, and her finances became a bit strained.

For a single person, an annual income of 130,000 New Zealand dollars can make life more comfortable, but she still feels that she is still worried about money.

Even though she temporarily entered the "high-income group" because of sex work, she still seems unable to escape from poverty.

02

"Making money is not easy and unstable"

New Zealand girl Vixen Temple was 22 years old when she first came into contact with sex work, when she was still a student.

Vixen Temple

Since she was diagnosed with gluten sensitivity, her survival became a big problem because she couldn't afford gluten-free food.

So, she started making money selling nudes online.

After graduating from college, Temple worked in retail for a while, but the workload was so heavy that her physical condition did not allow her to work full-time, and she switched to the sex industry.

Since then, she has worked in many areas of the sex industry, including striptease, online and offline sex work, and more.

For her, she has relatively free time and doesn't have to worry about running out of sick leave or needing to take time off work to see a doctor.

"The money I make is different every week, it all depends on the client and their financial situation." She said.

Sometimes, she only needs to work twice a week to earn the same salary as her previous full-time job.

Despite this, Temple never thought that sex work was easy to make money, and it didn't think it was suitable for everyone.

For people who are sick or disabled, sex work "makes it easier for them to earn money", but at the same time, income is unstable, she argues.

As the sex worker who submitted the article said, although some people earn well, the job does not have the same benefits and guarantees as other jobs, and sex workers are in a relatively vulnerable position and can be exploited if they are not careful.

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Economic exploitation and coercion are widespread

Although sex work in New Zealand has been legally protected by law for more than 20 years, industry insiders say coercion and exploitation are still widespread.

In addition to economic exploitation, sex workers face various forms of coercion.

Sex worker Ciara had the experience of a client who wanted to punch her in the face, she wanted to refuse the booking, but the bustard said, "He's already paid, baby." ”

"People always seem to feel that sex workers can accept anything, and they won't refuse it." She said.

In this case, both the sex worker and the brothel will lose money if the booking is actually canceled.

On the surface, brothels generally don't pay sex workers a direct fine, but many of them are disguised as business-related "overheads".

In a more subtle form, brothels "withhold" sex workers' paychecks, indicating that they will not be given to them until "payday".

In this way, sex workers sometimes have to be forced to accept bookings that they are not willing to accept.

Under the law, sex workers can refuse or end their services for any reason, but in practice they are heavily restricted.

Many sex workers complain that they are being coaxed into accepting bookings, and bustards will puscher them on the grounds of "professional attitude" and "loss of money".

04

Pay money to be a stripper

Strippers, the jobs often mentioned with sex workers, are not faring much better.

Like sex workers, strippers are required to pay a hefty "management fee" to their clubs.

And due to the rising cost of living, club service fees, dancer deposits, shift fees, and fines are all increasing accordingly.

Holly, a stripper who works at Little White House, a well-known adult club in Oakland, said her nightly earnings had been cut off because weekend shift rates and extra security deposits had gone up and the club was dead in the winter.

"If I work on weekends, then the last time I work, my income will immediately decrease by 200 New Zealand dollars, because I have to pay 100 shift pay and 100 security deposit. It's just terrible. ”

Before you start your day's work, you have to spend a lot of money first.

Take, for example, Holly's "Little White House" club:

The margin for new strippers has risen from $500 to $1,000.

The penalty for not working a shift on time has increased from $100 to $200, and the deduction for late arrivals and early departures is $20 for every half hour, among others.

The daily shift has risen from $30 to $50 a night, or $100 a night on weekends.

The bar for guests to spend has also become higher, with a $20 increase in service fees for stripping billiards and lap dances, which means guests may be less inclined to tip.

And due to poor business, the club also acquiesced in the behavior of not tipping in order to retain customers.

Strippers do not have a base salary and are not guaranteed an hourly minimum wage.

They earn money from tips on the dance floor and commissions for private room dances.

But no matter how much you earn, you can't pay a penny.

05

Insider: No one is fit to do this

Choosing to "sell your body", everyone has their own reasons.

The layman looks at the excitement and thinks that the money comes quickly, and even regards this as a "life-saving straw" for a difficult life.

For example, not long ago, a netizen posted that he was at the end of his rope and considered engaging in sex work.

She is in her 20s and lives on welfare, living in a crowded resettlement house near Auckland's CBD.

Feeling that her life was at the end of her life, she considered "selling her body" because she had heard that sex workers made more money.

Insiders give life advice:

"I'm a stripper and I want to say this:

1. No one is fit for the job. You need to protect yourself, have a firm bottom line, have the ability to deal with any situation, find a good therapist, or have super trauma management skills. You also need to be able to be comfortable with sexual assault/physical assault, as most of the time you will feel helpless. This job requires you to have strong mental and emotional endurance. The club/organization you work for may not be able to protect you.

2. Sex workers are not paid as well as you think. Now that the economy is sluggish, people are tightening their purse strings. Don't expect to make NZ$1,000 a night, as there's no way to make that much money anywhere in New Zealand at the moment. It could be even worse.

3. Before you start, be well prepared. If you are carefully considering whether you really want to enter the industry, the NZPC (New Zealand Federation of Sex Workers) can help you. Your wording is "sell your body", and honestly, that sentence alone makes me feel that you are not a good fit and that the job is likely to have a serious negative impact on you.

4. This work is likely to change the way you think about yourself, others (especially men), and your surroundings. This can take years to reverse, or it may never change again.

5. Drug abuse in the industry. It's very difficult to be on your own.

Am I trying to dissuade you? Yes. This thing will infernate hell of trauma, and no one can escape it. If you feel you're capable of handling it, do it. ”

Many people disagree with the poster's idea of "selling his body" as a lifesaver.

"Don't take this as a lifesaver. Think about what you need money for and what your goals are in life.

"Maybe you can move to a small town and get some cash jobs like gardener, babysitter, cleaner, etc., so that you can also receive benefits.

"There is no point in making quick money, and in 10 years your self-esteem and pride will be gone."

is like Fantine in "Les Miserables", when there is nothing to sell, giving out the last hole card of the body will only push her into a more miserable situation.

reference：

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/14-05-2024/the-cost-of-being-a-sex-worker-with-a-taste-for-luxury-shopping

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/08/sex-worker-reveals-what-oldest-profession-is-like-the-social-stigma-truth-about-clients-and-whether-it-s-really-easy-money.html

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/129737763/coercion-exploitation-the-problems-of-running-brothels-as-businesses

(Excerpted from WeChat public account discovery New Zealand)