A brutal job market drove Gen Zers into sex work. Now they don't see a way out.
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Hannah, a business management graduate from King's College London, turned to stripping after failing to secure a marketing job. Despite initial struggles working retail, stripping provided a significant income, particularly during the pandemic. The trend is growing among young graduates; OnlyFans accounts surged from 350,000 in 2019 to 4.1 million in 2023. This shift reflects broader frustrations with traditional job markets, leading increasingly young individuals to seek alternative and lucrative opportunities in sex work.
"You'd think that after studying for three or four years, you could go into a job with better prospects. Nowadays, it just seems like sex work is the only thing you can go into and actually make decent money."
"In the face of job rejection emails and seemingly unhelpful university degrees, sex work of all types started to look more like a viable career path for some."
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