Cheap sex in the suburbs

2003-04-11 10:18

Joseph Prett

Cape Town - A prostitution price war is being waged among housewives who take care of the needs of hot-blooded males during the day.

While their husbands are at work and the children at school, these housewives and mothers are willing to have sex with clients for as little as R100.

An investigation into this budding "home industry" showed that the women, mostly middle-aged and married, were running brothels in middle-class suburbs right under the noses of their neighbours.

Divorced women and single mothers - some in their twenties - who advertise their services in a Cape newspaper, invite men to their homes for an "hour of pleasure" during the day.

Some of them work under the guise of aromatherapists, masseurs or lingerie models.

But if a client haggled for a while, he could easily get away with a pelvic massage, oral sex, a full house or even sodomy for between R80 and R200.

Lure clients

With newspaper ads such as "Young, sexy and naughty; everything and travel (to a client's house or hotel), R100", or "Adult, 37, very private, R150", they try to lure men to their homes. Adele is a "willing girl" who charges R100, while "two blondes with toys" charge the same.

But Talana, "False Bay's finest", who does not advertise her price, will not do it for less than R200 and then she's only available for 30 minutes. Others, such as "Blonde Christell, 44DD" and the "young, long-legged Audrey" fall in the same price range.

Their advice to clients: if you want to pay next to nothing, you shouldn't expect much.

But now, they find it irritating that they have to compete with each other for a place in the sun, while they are all under financial pressure and exposed to diseases, abuse or even violence at the hands of clients.

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