Stephan:   The temptation is to see this as funny, or to say it is probably for the best. I don't see it that way. What it tells me is that the British economy is in such bad shape that men who normally turn to prostitutes for sex, no longer have the money to do so. Since this is an established habit, it suggests a powerful change. Note also that more and more women are being driven into prostitution, because they cannot find other work. In the United States you can see this same phenomenon amongst female and male college students, who are racked with debt. This is what austerity economics has produced.