From: The Australian
June 01, 2005
STUDENTS are turning to the sex industry to pay their way through
university because federal Government reforms have made education
increasingly expensive, a Melbourne researcher says.
Students chose sex work because it offered short hours and high
pay, according to a University of Melbourne survey of 40 sex
workers from seven Victorian tertiary institutions.
"The women involved in this study placed a very high value on
education.
"For them, the importance of a good education for their future made
working in the sex industry worth it."
However, leaving the industry once they had graduated was difficult
because of a mismatch between credentials and employment outcomes,
Dr Lantz said.
The few students in the study who had since finished their degrees
had all continued to work in the sex industry, she said.
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NUS/NTU got such cases ?
