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Phone sex mysteries

February 01, 2006

Like any good, obsessive researcher, I subscribe to a bunch of different Google alerts. One of them is for the phrase “phone sex.”

The links that I get as a result of this phrase are either A) about Howard Stern or 2) articles about phone number misprints for churches/preschools/restaurants/etc that end up being phone sex lines.

Technically, I think it’s bad when people get assaulted (yes, I do think that’s an appropriate word) by sexual stimulation when they aren’t looking for it, but I also can’t help but think this is kind of hilarious.

Furthermore, the number of instances of this situation lead me to believe that the same urban legend keeps getting written up as news in a million different ways, which is not unfathomable. The other possibility is that there are devious, potentially evil forces at work who have a damn good sense of humor.

Hilarious evil aside, the hijacking of attention is an interesting/irritating aspect of the sex industry that isn’t likely to go away anytime soon. The notorious porn and penis growth spam plus this fishy phone sex stuff gives the sex industry such a bad name. Well, actually, the sex industry gives itself a bad name by being stupid. I’ve been spoiled by good experiences in and with the sex industry and have been blessed to be able to pick and choose my involvements with awesome people, and I forget (but I shouldn’t) that a whole lotta the industry is full of crappy bullshit, mostly because it can be. I do really believe that consumers in the sex industry are getting pickier and demanding better quality and better treatment, and more than that I think there are increasing numbers of people on the supply side who have a conscience. I want more of both, because I am a greedy bitch.

In the meantime, however, I will also laugh at the travails of church goers getting a phone sex line when they are trying to phone in to donate money to the good lord.

Posted by Dacia at February 1, 2006 12:55 AM