Interesting reading from LA Times...

[SSSSS]

Most of the tweakers will tell you they perform better when using. I know a lot of the guys say the same...that the chicas are more into it when on Meth.

Personally I don't want anything to do with people using Meth.

 

[Minda Now]

I thought Meth made it difficult to have sex? How accurate is the data?

 

[203]

Steffanie is the same researcher from San Diego I talked to last year, and she referred me to another one of her associates that wanted to meet me for coffee to discuss what I know about the hobby, especially after some of the things I told them.

But if I recall they weren't interested in "pencil & paper" type tests, as they wanted to meet you in person, give you the STD tests, and really to convince you to wear a condom.

Since I don't live in San Diego, I had to turn them down.

 

[Helpp]

You actually have to read the article and realized that oral sex without a condom also constitutes unprotected sex so therefore any bbbj or daty would be included as unprotected sex

 

[idk]

Here's an e-mail reply from one of the two research directors of this study. They seem to be genuinely interested in helping and want to hear from us.

Hello Gmbrldx- thanks very much for your email. I am glad that you see us the way we are, non-judgmental researchers who are trying to help people stay informed and stay safe. In our goal to get information out to the community in a factual way, we haven't always been happy with the press. We have finished a pilot study of male clients of female sex workers in TJ and are hoping that we will have new funding to develop a program that will help clients learn about ways they can reduce their risks. We will likely need feedback from people like yourself who are open to speaking with us, so please keep in touch. In the meantime, if there are issues or concerns that you and your forum members have, please feel free to get in touch with me or Tom Patterson ([email protected]), also copied here.

-Steffanie ([email protected])

-----Original Message-----

To: Strathdee, Steffanie
Subject: RE: Your studies in Tijuana regarding the sex industry

Dear Dr. Strathdee,

Hello. Your name popped up on one of the forums related to the Tijuana sex industry. One of the members mentioned that you conduct surveys of the behavior of the sex workers in Tijuana and their Mexican and American clients. I am one of those clients based in San Diego. I would be willing to participate in any studies you do providing they were anonymously done such as via e-mail or web-based questionnaires. My sincerest apologies but I can not meet in person.

Thank you very much for trying to bring down the risks of this profession for both the workers and their clients.

Yours,
gmbrldx

 

[Yoyo]

It is true that on both sides of the border, customers are are looking for BB sex.
Not exclusive to TJ, but to Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, and Monterrey.
Girls all the time comment on that and Americans are more insistant on the matter as in "I'll pay you more" than Mexican nationals (Mexicans want it for the same base price).

Of course the article should center also on the girls that REFUSE to have have BB sex with customers.

That is also an important fact.

 

[Akash]

I remember when these same people did a study last year on Mexican 'sex workers" mostly older nastier SGs. I wrote Steffanie Strathdee, PhD on the the lead persons on this study, and told her some of my objections to the study, and sent her some objections that other mongers wrote about the study, and she sent me a letter back to me, she also invited me to take part in the new upcoming study about mongers, but I couldn't make it, as I don't live in San Diego.

But the thing I remember most from reading the study and other study this group makes, is their main purpose for the study is to cut down on HIV/AIDS and to make the sex workers and mongers wear condoms if they are going to engage in sexual activity.

I think some of their information is accurate, but I don't they got a good cross sections of different mongers to interview. US mongers are a little older than 36 years, as the typical monger is about 50, with the average age I would guess at about 43 years old?

I think they got mostly Mexicans, and Mexican Nationals living in the US or Mexico who may also do drugs like METH, and could would the compensation the study provided to these mongers. I wouldn't be surprised if some of their test subjects came from prison. ( but I'm just guessing but I could be wrong.)

But she did say this to me: "Please be assured that our binational team of researchers is not out to ?demonize? sex workers or their clients, we just want to help people make safe choice."

 

[Blondie7]

I think I'll go to church today....eh naw time to fuck another whore

 

[eclipse dkm]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...eport-risky-sex-with-tijuana-prostitutes.html