A third of college students in Berlin, Germany, would consider sex work as a way to help finance their educations, according to a study done by researchers at Humboldt University. “The main motivation of students to turn to prostitution were the financial incentives, namely the high hourly wages,” Eva Blumenschein, one of the study's authors, told Reuters.
In Paris, France, 29.2 percent of students said sex work would be a possibility for them; in Kiev, Ukraine, the figure was 18.5 percent. Prostitution is legal in Berlin but not in the other two capital cities.
According to the study, about 4 percent of the 3,200 Berlin students surveyed said they had already done some form of sex work, which was defined as including prostitution, erotic dancing and Internet shows.
So we, of course, are wondering what the number would be at NYU or UCLA … but we’re not finding any comparable research. Any educated guesses out there?
In Paris, France, 29.2 percent of students said sex work would be a possibility for them; in Kiev, Ukraine, the figure was 18.5 percent. Prostitution is legal in Berlin but not in the other two capital cities.
According to the study, about 4 percent of the 3,200 Berlin students surveyed said they had already done some form of sex work, which was defined as including prostitution, erotic dancing and Internet shows.
So we, of course, are wondering what the number would be at NYU or UCLA … but we’re not finding any comparable research. Any educated guesses out there?
With the stigma and other problems related to full blown prostitution in the USA, I would like to think the numbers here would be very close. The number of College Kids that are just getting out of school .. the crappy economic outlook that they and those after them are facing.... Legalized Sex work and or growing pot could be the only thing to look forward to.
This mind you is just from my own point of view being a second year college student myself, and being out of work for 3 + years .... I would jump at the chance.