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Sex 'third most common reason for debts
'Press Association guardian.co.uk,
Tuesday January 22 2008
One in four people who contacted a debt helpline last year admitted that some of their financial problems were caused by spending money on sex, a report showed today.
The UK Insolvency Helpline said sex industry spending was now the third most common reason for people to get into debt after spending on drugs and alcohol, and shopping.
The group said a quarter of the callers aged between 25 and 49 it helped between January and September last year admitted they had paid to see pornography or visited a lap dancing club or brothel.
It said sex addiction could have a wide-ranging impact on people's finances, with some running up high levels of debt paying for prostitutes or visiting lap dancing clubs, as well as by subscribing to pornographic internet sites or running up huge bills on premium rate telephone sex lines.
Three-quarters of the people helped by the group who admitted spending money on sex were single men, with the rest either married men or women, or single or separated women.
Callers to the helpline are asked about their personal circumstances before being given advice on how to manage their debts, and a spokesman said the issue of spending on sex was coming up more and more.
Richard Sorsky, social policy co-ordinator at the helpline, said: "We feel that as computer, satellite porn and prostitution become more widespread it will give more men unrealistic expectations of their love lives and threaten couples' relationships.
"This has become apparent due to the number of men admitting to using prostitutes and our referrals to divorce or marriage counselling organisations."
'Press Association guardian.co.uk,
Tuesday January 22 2008
One in four people who contacted a debt helpline last year admitted that some of their financial problems were caused by spending money on sex, a report showed today.
The UK Insolvency Helpline said sex industry spending was now the third most common reason for people to get into debt after spending on drugs and alcohol, and shopping.
The group said a quarter of the callers aged between 25 and 49 it helped between January and September last year admitted they had paid to see pornography or visited a lap dancing club or brothel.
It said sex addiction could have a wide-ranging impact on people's finances, with some running up high levels of debt paying for prostitutes or visiting lap dancing clubs, as well as by subscribing to pornographic internet sites or running up huge bills on premium rate telephone sex lines.
Three-quarters of the people helped by the group who admitted spending money on sex were single men, with the rest either married men or women, or single or separated women.
Callers to the helpline are asked about their personal circumstances before being given advice on how to manage their debts, and a spokesman said the issue of spending on sex was coming up more and more.
Richard Sorsky, social policy co-ordinator at the helpline, said: "We feel that as computer, satellite porn and prostitution become more widespread it will give more men unrealistic expectations of their love lives and threaten couples' relationships.
"This has become apparent due to the number of men admitting to using prostitutes and our referrals to divorce or marriage counselling organisations."
