As a society we are buying more sex than ever before. Adult sex shops now take
their place amongst retailers in the high street and lap dancing clubs compete
for an increased share of the leisure economy; hotel chains offer sexually
explicit films as part of their standard service, the party selling of adult
toys to women in their homes has become a mainstream activity; and at the
traditional end of the sexual service economy, prostitution has experienced new
growth. Along with this has come new legal measures and attempts to regulate the
sexual leisure economy, and far more comprehensive plans than ever before to
regulate prostitution,