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Melissa Todd
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Metro
Aug 2026
A man at church told me about his fetish — now I fulfil his fantasy for £120 an hour
Melissa Todd describes meeting a man at a church talk on kink and Christianity who later became her weekly client for £120 tickling sessions. She explains how she ties and tickles him according to his preferences, particularly his nipples, and reflects on the unusual combination of pleasure, discomfort, anticipation and surrender that makes tickling appealing. She argues that kink is often misunderstood because pleasure can take many forms.
Metro
Aug 2026
I’m a sex worker — this is why your husband is my favourite client
A sex worker explains why she prefers happily married male clients, arguing that they are generally respectful, discreet and less emotionally demanding than lonely clients. She describes the complications that arise when wives become involved, including concerns about visible marks and disrupted BDSM dynamics, while maintaining that consensual sexual services can sometimes help sustain a marriage. She urges partners to communicate more openly about sexual desires and either participate willingly or accept that a spouse may seek those desires elsewhere.
Metro
Jul 2026
I'm a sex worker — these are the seven golden rules every client must follow
A dominatrix named Melissa outlines rules for clients booking sessions: arrive at the agreed time, avoid excessive messages and pointless pre-session questions, communicate specific boundaries and requests, arrive clean, pay on arrival, respect hygiene and furniture, and clearly ask for desired intensity rather than acting bratty. She emphasizes that consent, courtesy and direct communication are essential, while rude or disrespectful behavior can end the professional relationship.
Metro
Jun 2026
Want to make money selling feet pics? Here's the cold hard truth
Selling feet pictures may seem like an easy way for women to earn money without revealing their identities or meeting clients, but the market is already saturated and significant earnings are unlikely for newcomers. The writer argues that successful sex work requires marketing, client-building, expertise, reputation and acceptance of substantial safety and personal costs. She says women must weigh financial goals against the loss of privacy, security and conventional life options, while acknowledging that her own early start and background made the decision easier.
Metro
Jun 2026
I'm a sex worker — this is what men with small penises always ask for
A sex worker describes clients who request Small Penis Humiliation (SPH), including videos of women laughing at their penises and verbal degradation. She suggests some men eroticise insecurities created by social comparison, but criticises requests that equate penis size with masculinity, power or sexual ability. She also notes that she finds the fetish uncomfortable and has encountered fewer comparable requests from women.
Metro
May 2026
I’m a Sex Worker — This Is What My Female Clients Want and Why They’re So Hard to Please
Sex worker Melissa describes her experiences with three demanding female clients and contrasts them with what she sees as men’s more precise, ritualized fetish preferences. She argues that women’s desires are often more focused on relationship, feeling and atmosphere, making them harder to interpret and satisfy, while men tend to communicate specific triggers more clearly. Concluding that the emotional demands and complaints of female clients are too difficult for her, she decides not to take on any more.
Metro
May 2026
I'm a Sex Worker and Married Couples Keep Booking Me — This Is What They Ask For
Sex worker and dominatrix Melissa Todd describes a rise in bookings from married couples seeking BDSM sessions and help exploring power dynamics, jealousy and female-led relationships. She recounts couples negotiating boundaries, differing levels of enthusiasm and the risk of one partner feeling pressured, while portraying herself as a facilitator who prioritizes gentleness and consent. Her experiences include birthday sessions, chastity arrangements and a couple with an unequal interest in the encounter, concluding that despite the intrigue of involving a third person, many couples ultimately return to their established relationship dynamic.
Metro
Apr 2026
Without assisted dying, men are asking sex workers like me to euthanise them
Sex worker Melissa Todd describes receiving repeated requests from male clients to euthanise them, sometimes through breath play or other sexual scenarios. She rejects the idea, citing legal, ethical and practical dangers, while explaining that many clients are seeking control, intimacy and protection from the indignity of terminal illness rather than wanting to die immediately. The failure of assisted-dying legislation in the House of Lords has intensified her concern that vulnerable or lonely people may look to unregulated private arrangements instead.
Metro
Apr 2026
Men Pay Me to Fulfil Their Sexual Fantasies, but Here's What I Want in Bed
Melissa, a professional dominatrix, contrasts her role satisfying clients’ fantasies with her private sex life with her husband. She prefers surrendering control, spanking, caning and breath play at home, while emphasizing that these activities are reserved for her partner and require trust and experience because of their risks. She dislikes role-play and performative behavior in private, valuing intimacy, authenticity and the distinction between paid work and personal desire.
Metro
Mar 2026
I'm a Sex Worker, the Government Got This Wrong with Its Porn Crackdown
Sex worker and dominatrix Melissa Todd supports protecting victims of non-consensual intimate-image abuse but argues that the government’s proposed ban on screenshotting or saving intimate content is unlikely to stop determined abusers, who can use other devices or software. She warns that the policy could push adult creators off platforms and conflate consensual professional content with revenge porn. Todd argues that lawmakers should focus on malicious sharing and intent rather than treating every screenshot as the central problem, while recognizing the severe harm caused by image-based abuse.
Metro
Mar 2026
A client asked me to fulfil his eproctophilia fantasy - but I just couldn't do it
Sex worker Melissa Todd recounts a client’s request to enact an eproctophilia fantasy involving flatulence, explaining that she could not produce the desired response despite preparing with foods such as onion bhajis. She describes accommodating other BDSM requests but maintaining firm bodily boundaries, ultimately using a whoopee cushion to provide the requested sound. The piece explains the fetish’s links to taboo, humiliation and power exchange, cites Clips4Sale data indicating a 38% rise in related views in 2025, and includes Raj’s call for broader acceptance of eproctophilia within kink communities.
Metro
Feb 2026
As a Sex Worker, People Think They Love Me — They Don’t Know the Truth
A sex worker describes how clients can become emotionally attached to a carefully constructed professional persona, mistaking attentive and sexually responsive service for reciprocal love. She explains that such declarations can feel alienating because they depend on erasing her real needs, moods and limitations. To protect herself and her clients, she establishes firmer boundaries, limits personal communication and discourages emotional projection, concluding that clarity is kinder than allowing clients to love an idealized reflection of their own needs.
Metro
Feb 2026
I'm almost 50 — as a sex worker, this is how I treat the 18-year-olds who book me
Melissa Todd, a sex worker in her late forties, describes a growing number of teenage and early-twenties male clients, many of whom are inexperienced, anxious and seeking intimacy without the rejection and uncertainty associated with dating. She says younger clients require more reassurance, clearer explanations, slower pacing and firmer boundaries than older men. Todd emphasizes that every new client must provide government-issued photo identification and that underage clients are never accepted. She frames her role as offering a respectful, contained and nonjudgmental experience while reflecting on the loneliness, sexual confusion and performance anxiety affecting some young men.
Metro
Jan 2026
I've been a sex worker for 30 years — one trend is disturbing, even for me
Melissa Todd, a sex worker of 30 years, describes how AI-generated videos and image-editing tools are being used to recreate her likeness and sexual scenarios. Although she consented to an initial AI video, she is concerned about non-consensual explicit images, the loss of control over performers’ identities and the gradual erosion of income when clients replace paid custom content with synthetic alternatives. She also argues that apps such as Corner Time and Write For Me, along with increasingly capable spanking machines, could automate aspects of sexual domination and reduce demand for human workers. Her central concern is that technological convenience is allowing consent, labour and payment to disappear.
Metro
Jan 2026
'Soft Domming' Is Growing in Popularity as Men Say They're Tired of Steering the Ship
A dominatrix describes a growing demand among male clients for “soft domming,” a consensual form of BDSM centered on calm authority, reassurance, praise and emotional safety rather than humiliation or cruelty. She attributes the trend to burnout, work and financial pressures, rigid expectations of masculinity, the cost-of-living crisis and limited opportunities for vulnerability. Through the experience of a client named Iain, the piece argues that nurturing dominance and structured aftercare can provide relief and help clients feel emotionally contained, while emphasizing that boundaries, consent and explicit communication remain essential.
Metro
Dec 2025
I Run a Sex School From My Kitchen to Teach Women How to Dominate 'Naughty' Men
Melissa Todd describes charging three women £200 each for an informal BDSM and professional-domination lesson held in her kitchen, contrasting it with a £2,500 London domme school. The session covers spanking techniques, implements, role-play, administration, travel logistics and client management, followed by practical training with an experienced client. Todd argues that aspiring dominatrices often underestimate the customer-service, paperwork and consent responsibilities involved, expecting glamour and easy money instead. She concludes that the students are unlikely to enter sex work, but that the experience gave them an afternoon to imagine a more adventurous life.
Metro
Nov 2025
I've Been Flooded With Requests for Custom Porn Videos — My Son Helps Me Film Them
Sex worker Melissa Todd describes the rise in requests for custom porn videos since the Online Safety Act, saying monthly inquiries increased from about 15 to 25. She recounts charging between £50 and £15,000 for customized productions and explains how she finances larger shoots. After a cameraman abandoned an expensive production amid worries about police attention, her adult son stepped in to film it, continuing a family history of working together in the sex industry.
Metro
Oct 2025
Can You Find Love on a BDSM Dating App? I Asked a 28-Year-Old Virgin to Find Out
A reporter explores whether the BDSM-focused dating app Chyrpe can help David, a 28-year-old submissive cross-dresser and virgin seeking a female-led relationship, find love. Chyrpe matches users based on relationship goals, kinks, limits and curiosities, and uses biometric verification and strict moderation to improve safety. Its CEO, Christopher Holzhauser, says the app has more than a million downloads and an unusually balanced gender split. David pays to contact matches and begins talking to a woman, bringing him closer to a potential first relationship. The experience suggests that openness about kink can support the same desires for honesty, acceptance and intimacy found in conventional dating.
Metro
Oct 2025
'Looners' get turned on by balloons — I've learnt to never pop without warning
A sex worker recounts collaborating with Kim, an OnlyFans creator who specializes in balloon-fetish content. The piece explains the appeal of balloons’ sounds, textures and associations with childhood memories, as well as divisions between fans who enjoy popping balloons and those who fear it. After receiving a flood of fetish-related messages, the writer decides not to make more looner content, while noting that Kim’s 800 subscribers generate roughly £86,000 a year with minimal costs.
Metro
Sep 2025
There's a shortage of male porn stars — this is what it takes to sign up
Male porn performers are in unusually short supply despite regular industry auditions and apparent online bravado. The piece attributes the shortage partly to the psychological pressure of performing on demand in front of a large crew, the difficulty of maintaining an erection and reaching orgasm under direction, and greater social anxiety around male sexual performance. It contrasts men’s limited ability to conceal physical imperfections or fake arousal with women’s ability to use makeup, clothing and performance techniques. The article also discusses the risks posed by the shortage, including overwork and industry-wide alarm when a performer contracts HIV, while noting that current testing requirements help protect UK productions. Spanking-film performers may work unpaid or even pay for participation, whereas ethical pornography generally offers men and women comparable rates.