Posted: 2023-03-31 11:04:44
Edited: 2023-03-31 11:06:25
I think it's high mainly because of income inequality in SA. If you're on ESA you're part of an elite in the country - this applies to the WGs too. The total number of men who can responsibly, comfortably, and consistently pay the rates here (even R500/hr for example) is quite low as a total percentage of the population. If you're in a position to be here, then it's likely that also applies to your friends, family, colleagues, as our circles often mirror us - and it definitely applies to your managers and bosses who are always "in meetings". Men of all income groups punt - but punting responsibly and frequently as a hobby requires high disposable income, and most of the country lives paycheck to paycheck - or social grant to piece job to social grant. It doesn't feel like it's a small number because we're always in our respective enclaves, safely distant from the real SA.
Also, notice how many guys openly admit to paying strippers for example...let's not get started on blesser culture and everything like it, which is very open. Our sex drives are much more powerful than woman's, and this constant need for sex creates a demand that shocks working girls themselves...no new working girls believes it when she sees how much we're willing to pay for sex... (and then some unfortunately lose the plot, lose perspective, get entitled and greedy, and forget how little they'd be making, whilst working much harder and longer based on their actual workplace skills)...and in reality even when guys pretend they have a virtuous ceiling, that number's driven more by means than principle. I have a ceiling but it's got fuck-all to do with "not paying too much". There's always a new market to enjoy. Father god bless me with a good tender and I'm off to the states to fuck some of my favourite pornstars lol.
I myself was introduced to this online stuff from a manager I got along with who assumed I just knew about it. I had very negative connotations about this industry (that aren't completely false), and seeing this guy I respected bragging about paying for it did take away some disgust I held and opened me up. I know as much as he knows that it isn't just the two of us.