Students using sex work to pay for university – Study

Some 4% of students are turning to sex work at university, new research shows, revealing that higher education is tough on the finances – that’s why students have a reputation of living on a diet of potatoes and two-minute noodles, reports Newshub.

Research from the Student Money Survey 2018 in the United Kingdom, conducted among 3,000 undergraduates, says students revealed they had even eaten out of bins or stolen from their flatmates to make ends meet, and in some cases looked into sex work. More than a 10th – 11% – of students revealed they had used their bodies (sex work and drugs trials) to make money. This includes prostitution, turning to ‘sugar daddies’ and webcam work.

The study said many students are forced into taking out large loans, struggling with part-time work – or, as it turns out, turning to increasingly desperate forms of money-making. “Every year, our survey reveals students are involved in sex work, whether by choice or because they've run out of options,” Jake Butler at Save the Student told The Mirror.
Full report on the Newshub site