Mom, please put the phone down and come to dinner!
Not the words you would expect to hear in this day and age, but according to ABC News the phone sex industry is flourishing with the help of at-home mothers. ABC got its numbers form an organization called ratracerebellion.com, who are dedicated to finding mothers at home work. According to them the phone sex industry has seen a 400% increase from at-home mothers.
The oldest profession goes High-tech! well not so high-tech. With the explosion of the internet over the last 20 years, most at home sex workers have turned to video conferencing as their preferred way of making a buck. The phone sex industry truly reached it peak in the 80’s and 90’s, back when 900 numbers were everywhere, but even though most phone companies give you the option of blocking calls to 900 numbers, anyone with a credit card and desire can still find an over the phone romp.
Chris Durst, CEO of Ratracerebellion.com, told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that many moms who reach out to her for help procuring phone sex work are embarrassed that they have to do it, but that necessity overrides personal feelings towards the industry.
The phone sex industry is still a huge industry with over $1 Billion dollars annually spent on the phone. They say it is more of a niche market now, for those not wishing to be seen over a computer line or in person, but the money is still there. Mothers are reporting income of between $10- $50 dollar per hour as a phone sex operator, with certain nights averaging much more than that.
Where are the fathers in all of this? You would be shocked to know most (albeit a bit begrudgingly) are supportive, realizing that if all that stands between them and paying their bills or their mortgages is a dirty phone call, there is a lot worse things that can be done.
One of the husbands interviewed by ABC News had this to say about his wife’s new profession “That she has the ability to bring in a little extra each month and sometimes a lot extra each month and be able to not have to worry about how and where we’re going to get food or if the electric bills are going to be shut off, that’s a big deal … That overrides any sort of other worries I might have.”
Would you be ok with your wife being a phone sex o perator?