Craigslist may have officially shut down its Erotic Services section in favor of a less prostitution-friendly “Adult” area, but what prostitution did exist on the site is still alive and well. Not only that, but the changes may have made the world’s oldest profession a little more dangerous for working girls, at least according to those who do business on the site.
The Erotic Services section used to be rife with listings containing nude or semi-nude pics and explicit descriptions of the available services. To those who have ever seen it—or the back of practically any local magazine over the last several decades—it’s obvious that these listings ultimately amount to the exchange of money for sexual gratification. The new “adult” section (link NSFW) barely changes this. Instead of $5 to make an Erotic Services listing, those who provide adult “services” now must pay $10 and have each post reviewed by a Craigslist moderator before it’s posted to the site.
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