"Without the Internet, I never would have sold sex"

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The Internet has undoubtedly changed conditions in the sex-selling arena. New ways of making contact between buyer and seller have developed, alongside the creation of forums where sexual acts can be negotiated. Studies indicating that sex selling online have increased in contrast to the decrease in the street-focused market (e.g., Cunningham & Kendall, 2011). This was also confirmed by a Swedish study of 18- year olds in which the Internet became the most common means of contact between seller and buyer during a five- year period (2004-2009) (Svedin & Priebe, 2007, 2009). Exactly how the online contacts are made and what the characteristics of the communication are have not yet been explored in the literature. This constitutes the focus of this article on selling sex online among young women in Sweden.

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