WASHINGTON – Ever since Apple released the iPhone 4, its latest over-hyped gadget aimed at the millions of Americans seeking self affirmation through fashion accessories that double as functioning technology, the device’s FaceTime feature has been among the phone’s most popular assets. It didn’t take consumers long to realize that FaceTime, which allows the iPhone’s characteristic user-facing camera to indulge in video chats with other users, was a breakthrough for sex chats.

Applying the development to enhance the casual cyber meat market in which instant sexual gratification is enjoyed among amateur peers would hardly raise an eyebrow and was not only predicted, but expected, noted Dr. Barium Legrub, a professor at the University of West Hollywood who specializes in involuntary sexual aggression.

A starlet prepares to share some face time.

“Are iPhone owners looking for the sexual release they deserve going to stick with one-handed typing, VOIP and clunky Web cams when they can upgrade to this and simultaneously see each other, talk to each other, do everything but touch and smell each other? Of course not. This a much more wholesome experience,” Legrub said.

“It’s the adoption of FaceTime by the professional sex industry that is causing such a stir,” he added.

Legrub was referring to the rapid move by the adult entertainment industry to equip their starlets with FaceTime-enabled iPhones.

“This will take our industry to a new level,” boasted Anode Hug, who owns an adult sex-chat company called Clams and Worms. “Until now, the flow of visual information has been one-way – from our tricks, using Web cams, out to our johns.

“One thing we’ve heard – time and again – from our customers is that, as much as they enjoy watching our girls, they’re still left with a sense of longing, a sense that something’s missing, and that stems from their overwhelming desire – a need, really – to not only watch, but to be watched.

“They want to share their bodies as well, they want to participate. They know that financial sexual transactions should be as much about giving as taking. I think that says a lot about the integrity of our customers, and we’re just so pleased we can use this technology to make them hole, or whole even.”

Legrub added that video-enabled sex chats will also allow him to increase prices by 50 to 100 percent. “Our prices reflect demand, and demand is only going up,” he said.

But not everyone shares his enthusiasm. Several girls that work for him and for his competitors have stepped forward, claiming that porn applications of FaceTime have caused a dramatic deterioration in working conditions and, sometimes, outright health hazards. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) isinvestigating.

“Workers have the right to a safe workplace,” said OSHA spokesperson Mildred Coldshower. “Clearly, the introduction of two-way video conferencing to the sex chat industry threatens that right.”

Coldshower said the agency had received nearly 1,000 complaints in the first week of FaceTime-enabled sex chats. The complaints came from “every adult entertainment company in this country that offers the service,” she said.

“Before, when the video stream was just one way, the girls were insulated from the profound repulsiveness of the miscreants who pay for sex chats,” explained Coldshower. “Now, many have reported nausea, vomit unrelated to fetish fulfillment, and even entering a state of shock.

“For example, one girl signing in for work found herself virtually face-to-face with a nude, 700-pound man sitting on a toilet. He had devised some sort of spelunking hat and had affixed his iPhone to it so he could go ‘hands free’ and still be in the shot. She’s now undergoing industrial-grade counseling.”

Another, she added, began her shift, signed on with a long-time preferred customer using FaceChat for the first time, and realized to her horror that the client was her father.

“She was doubly distraught,” said Coldshower. “She said her father is likely to cut her allowance now that he realizes she’s gainfully employed.”

Until OSHA completes its investigation, though, the industry is free to continue expanding its video-chat services. The investigation is expected to conclude by October in order to avoid uncertainty going into the busy holiday season.

Originally posted 2010-07-30 14:08:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter