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Instead of getting a part-time job in retail, some laid-off professionals are sucking toes and cracking whips to make a buck.

Yup, so-called "freelance dommes" are popping up in dungeons across the country as jobs disappear. Tracy Quan, a call girl turned author and blogger, says these females choose the fetish flavor of flesh work because it doesn't have to involve actual sex but still can pay several hundreds of dollars per hour.

Other perks are that it's sort of less illegal than other carnal crafts and can be done in shifts.

Not Your Usual 9-to-5
"Working a shift at a dungeon can provide a more similar structure to regular work, which adds a level of comfort for those just doing it as a side gig," Quan writes.

"The busy night shift works well for women with regular day jobs, but some women prefer the early shift -- neighbors, relatives, husbands and children are less likely to wonder what you're up to while the sun is out."

Just make sure you don't forget your leather get-up in the backseat of the car where your kids can find it.

Click here to find out the surprising downside of dom work.



Un-Sexy Calendars

on your Nana's grave.

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Putin Lovers.
12 months of Moscow man-caviar, with the Russian president in poses varying from "deep in thought" to reclining in his judo outfit.

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Cornish Anglers
This calendar features "locally caught fish." And, oh! Naked fishermen. Proceeds go to a Welsh fishing fund-raising org.

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Latter Day Studs.
This annual calendar of topless Mormon men has angered church officials and thrilled your gay uncle.

Naked Chefs
A group of cooks took it off to help pay the hospital bills of a friend in the restaurant community. Jamie Oliver (criminally) not included.

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Naked Clowns
Ugh. So, this is for charity, so we feel bad saying anything, but hello, night terrors.

Naked Clown Calendar / Beaulux Productions LLC

French Farmers

Zut alors! These French Farmers took it off to benefit an annual nationwide fundraiser, the Telethon.

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Republican Beefcake

An annual calendar by a GOP merchandise site gives Bush and VP Cheney the Tiger Beat treatment.

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Grandpas of the Pacific Northwest.
The "Men of the Long Tom Grange" are a group of 70-plus Oregonian men who painstakingly remove the long underwear from their arthritic bodies every year to benefit local schools.

Long Tom Grange




The Cash Quandary
San Francisco pro-domme blogger Peridot Ash has fallen in and out of sex work throughout her adult life. She jumps back in when she needs extra cash, but letting go of the money can be hard.

"Sex work has made me ambivalent about my career," she says. "If I hadn't kept jumping back into sex work to fund changes in my life, I might have achieved a higher corporate position by now. On the other hand, I'm not sure if that would have made me happy."

Quan says most dommes don't plan on staying in the industry forever. But they often keep going back to it, like Ash. Research shows that once they're sucked into to the fast money, it's hard for sex workers to leave the biz.

And with predictions that the economy will get worse before it gets better, what is the incentive for these ladies to only do this work temporarily? Check out our post on other things you can sell for extra cash besides your sexual services.

Tell us: Would you consider sex work if you were down and out?




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