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The main factors that determine the level of remuneration for a job are: the level of professional skills required for the job, the unpleasantness of the job, the level of service required of the worker and the degree of competition for the job.

As UK university tuition fees rise every year, more and more female university students from elite universities are turning to the sex industry to pay for the high tuition fees. Surprisingly, a recent survey shows that the number of female college students who go to prostitutes has skyrocketed by 50% in the last 6 years.

British media reported that a survey conducted by Kingston University in southwest London showed that tuition fees at British universities were only £1,000 a year in 1998, but this year they have risen to £3,000. According to bank data, in 2005, the average loan per student at the time of graduation was £8,948. And if the students' personal loans are also included, they will have a debt of £14,700 after four years of university, which can be described as a high level of debt.

So, in order to pay the high tuition fees, in this context, some young and beautiful female college students actually devoted themselves to the sex industry, living a life of studying in school during the day and selling themselves at night to make money. Investigators randomly asked 130 college students if any of their classmates were involved in pornography, and one in 10 of them said that some of their classmates engaged in pornography such as striptease and lap dancing in bars or worked in massage parlors. Six per cent of them said that some of their classmates already made a living as so-called "buddies", that is, prostitutes.

A female PhD student at a prestigious London university who calls herself "Sophie" gave a secret interview to The Sunday Times. Sophie, a Ph.D. student in international politics, has been working with several girls to become escort girls since 1999 in order to earn tuition. During the day, they study in school, and at night they quietly go to escort companies and sell themselves to make money. Sophie recalls: "Every night, while waiting in the lobby of the escort company, we all took our textbooks or laptops to study until we were picked by a male client. ”

Sophie says she made £2,000 a night when she first started the business, but now the competition is fierce and her income has dropped significantly, but tuition fees are still rising. "Unlike working at McDonald's or a shop where you only earn £8 an hour, it's easier and quicker to pay your rent and give you more time to brush up on your homework," she says. Usually, a university student prostitute with excellent conditions charges up to £350 per hour, which is several times higher than that of an ordinary prostitute. ”

The total annual revenue of the sex industry in the United States is between $10 billion and $14 billion. Even at $10 billion, it exceeds the combined annual revenues of several of the most popular sports in the United States: professional football, professional basketball and baseball. A medium-profile star, who earns more than $100,000 a year in the United States and a world-class star who earns millions of dollars a year, receives more letters from admirers every day than the president of the United States.

By comparison, the average U.S. lawyer earns $89,000. Lawyers with less than one year of experience typically earn between $40,000 and $80,000 per year. Lawyers with 1-4 years of experience: Earnings typically range from $60,000 to $90,000. Lawyers with 5-9 years of experience: Typically earn between $80,000 and $120,000. Lawyers with 10-19 years of experience: typically earn between $80,000 and $140,000. There are lawyers who are more than 20 years old, usually between 85,000 and 157,000.

Even lawyers with more than 20 years of work experience earn no more than prostitutes. Why do prostitutes earn so much? The main factors that determine the level of remuneration for a job are: the level of professional skills required for the job, the unpleasantness of the job, the level of service required of the worker and the degree of competition for the job.

When many people are willing to compete for the same job, the job usually doesn't pay too much. But the problem is that basically no girl dreams of becoming a prostitute when she grows up. As a result, the supply of potential prostitutes is relatively small and competition is not fierce.

In the opinion of most people, prostitutes should not earn more than lawyers. Lawyers often need to be more trained and educated. But prostitutes' skills are honed in very specific circumstances, and the work they do can be unpleasant because it poses at least two dangers to them: the potential threat of violence and the risk that they will lose the opportunity to have a happy family.

The prostitution industry is a high-risk industry, and its harms may include: 1. The risk of prostitutes getting sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS is much higher than that of ordinary people. Once you have this disease, you will be offended, and you may lose your hard-earned money just by curing the disease. 2. The danger of being caught by the police. If the boss is not hard in the background, he will not only be fined if he is caught, but also will have to be re-educated through labor for two years in serious cases. 3. The danger of robbery and death. Some prostitutes are often robbed of money and sex when they are taken out by customers, and when they encounter ruthless ones, their lives are gone, and they will also run into them when they get off work late. What's even more terrifying are those perverts who are extremely hostile to prostitutes, and they consider themselves unlucky when they meet such people. Reports such as these are often found in the media. Fourth, the problem of being bullied and abused by evil customers. If the boss is not tough enough, this is a very common encounter, and this sin is also bearable. Fifth, the problem of gynecological diseases, because of the frequent pick-up of prostitutes generally have gynecological diseases, and it is not easy to cure, affecting the whole life. This family of diseases includes infertility. Sixth, the danger of self-abandonment, the most extreme is to take drugs and anesthetize oneself, not only the money you earn will be compensated, but even others will be compensated.

Therefore, in terms of the unhappiness of the job and the risk of the work, the income of a prostitute may be higher than that of a lawyer.