I told another group that the sex trade is up
there with production houses, publishers and Hollywood, because we are
all in the entertainment industry. The girl on the Street is now
shoulder to shoulder with Avril, Muthoni the author and Tanya. We are
all entertainers. Or is it?
Gone are the days when a man would come to
the Street just for a quick sex fix because he couldn’t get some
elsewhere. Now the man comes as if he is going to a concert, you know
you can listen to music in a radio but crave the party and entertaining
mood of a show. Gone too are the days when a blow job was an extra, to
be given only to those who paid more. Nowadays its default. Even
downtown where sex was so business like I hear a bj is increasingly
becoming the norm. My days at the SJ I dared not allow a man to touch
my boobs during a short time. But I hear things have changed there too.
In music and publishing they talk of
voices, beat, content and style when listing things that differentiate
artists. Successful artists are those who choose the right mix of those.
What about us? Here on the Street we have started to define ourselves
in genres. Though in the Street there is not much room to market
yourself according to your specialty, in the City’s brothels it’s the
norm. Like I said we know girls who specialize in anal, threesomes and
the increasingly in vogue BDSM. Yet men coming here wont state openly
what they want. And the girls won’t say what they specialize in. So when
the girl gets in the car the man will say “Do you do anal? I want anal”
“No, I don’t” a girl may answer. “But I know someone who does. I can get her to you at a small fee” And so it happens.
In publishing a book may become timeless.
See Shakespeare and Albert Camus. In music it’s a bit tough; a musician
has to keep reinventing himself or herself lest they fade away. It’s the
same with us. When one joins the Street one packages herself as young
and fresh. But after a year the young and fresh can’t sell anymore so
one talks of being mature and fresh. Never mind the freshness may no
longer be there. By the third year when the strain of the Street is
visible on the face and thighs freshness and maturity don't sell.
Experience does.
Our sexuality is evolving. I
guess triggered by the push by human beings towards comfort and
happiness in every sphere of their lives. Of course the evolution is
also triggered by our response to the many and easily available sexual
information, stories, videos, photos, toys and whatever else. Certainly
the body and the brain respond to these. And the barriers to entry being
less in the sex industry than in music or publishing, there will be
many who join to satisfy the demands of the evolving sexuality.
So the sex industry is becoming bigger and
competition stiffer. The mayor estimates there are 21000 sexual acts in
this city every night. If each is worth Ksh. 1000 then we are talking
of Ksh.21000000 a night or 0.6 billion in a month. Quite some dough. Yet
many in the country want us to remain underground, just like the drug
industry. I don't want to digress to that argument now but in a recent
comment someone said the undoing of the sex industry is that it’s
associated with bad elements; the drug barons, robbers and others who
get a kick from having girls as part of their networks or hovering
around them a la Hugh Heffner or Al Capone. So he argues legalizing
prostitution will not make it easy for the government to fight these
evil citizens. You know a prostitute with her rights protected will not
just be searched by a male policeman and drugs found in her handbag or
better still in her panties or between her buttocks. She will demand a
search warrant, and meanwhile hide the drugs, gun or whatever. I have
problem with this line of reasoning but won’t go into it at the moment.
Back to the sex entertainment business.
There are girls and men who are now choosing sex work as a career. The
old argument that one gets into the work because of poverty is becoming
increasingly outdated. Of course there are many who are in the work
because of their poor circumstances but there are others who are
educated with other options and opt to make a career out of sex,
literally. Didn’t you hear Daughtie talk of our bodies, our choice?
As a country we are starting to acknowledge
the entertainment value of sex more. Nevertheless we are still behind
as compared to the western countries. Just look at our online porn
offerings which are just obvious depictions of what we do in private.
Nothing really creative or imaginative. But we keep watching them hoping
for something to excite us in a different way. Where are the local
erotic books? I have heard of none since David Maillu and Love For Sale.
Where are live cam girls and men who you can give orders? Where are the
dancing shows? Where are the sex games? I have heard of a few of these,
and hopefully we will get there. The fact is that the demand is amazing
and someone will come in to fill it.
The publishing, movies and music industry
are facing the problem of piracy. At least you can’t pirate sex per se.
But the competition and pressure to remain on top is enormous. Only the
very creative and innovative will survive. And only those who make
themselves known, or brand themselves in a way or another will go beyond
the average one hour gig.
I don't feel too good quitting when things
are starting to get interesting. Maybe I should just reinvent myself and
remain in this segment of the entertainment industry which is said to
tear the moral fabric of the society.
Now I decided I have no business match
making. So for all with such requests I have opened a hook up section
where you can list who and what you want or looking for, and you are
bound to get responses. CLICK HERE
to list yourself. As for those who we talked on email I will be
posting your profiles later in the day. And those asking for specialty
Street girls, I will be in touch.
Somehow
today things are slow, and I am taking it easy. I will catch up with
quite a number of my emails . Do have a lovely weekend.
No comments:
Post a Comment