# Can You Invest In Pimping Futures? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-invest-in-pimping-futures/333490 "2005-12-01T01:13:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-invest-in-pimping-futures/333490/1 "2005-12-01T01:13:31Z")
[Because more men in the UK are paying for nookie.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4482970.stm) > [@](#): > > The number of men paying women for sex has nearly doubled in a decade, UK research shows. > > Surveys of 11,000 British adults in 1990 and 2000 found the rate increased from one in 20 to nearly one in 10 men. > [@](#): > > Lead author Dr Helen Ward said there were many reasons why more men were paying for sex. > > "There has been a more liberal attitude towards commercial sex and increasing commercialisation of sex. Lads magazines are bombarded with images. > > “There are more men with money and more women looking for this type of work.” Definately sounds like a growth industry to me! (Combine it with investments in pharmacuetical firms, and you’ll rack up twice the cash!) ---
**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-invest-in-pimping-futures/333490/2 "2005-12-01T02:30:13Z")
Maybe men are just becoming more open and truthful about the subject… …just saying…