When I worked in women’s magazines, stories about lesbians or bi-curiosity were guaranteed to boost sales. And that was back in the 90s and naughties. So it’s kind of surprising to see it’s taken this long for someone to turn that curiosity into money.

A new service has recently launched for women to pay to sleep with other women. To fulfil a fantasy, scratch an itch, push a boundary, indulge a whim.

News Editor Rick Morton was sent on a mission to interview Ingrid, the owner of this niche adult industry service for women only.

In simple terms, it’s a place where ordinary, everyday women can go to set-up romantic dalliances that lead to sex. It wasn’t the fact there was sex involved that made it an interesting story, but that the women choosing to use it were from otherwise very ‘normal’ backgrounds and not, on the face of it, lesbians at all.

But Ingrid’s a marketer. She obviously saw something marketable when she arrived at the concept of a sex service run by women, for women. Not a man in sight.

It might be the first service of its kind in Australia, and possibly the first legal service of its kind in the world, but there still has to be a reason for it to work. It comes down to the age old theory of supply and demand. Ingrid supplies beautiful women to lawyers, businesswomen and mums who wouldn’t ordinarily have access to a lesbian liaison. Clearly there is a demand. Quite clearly.

But why? What is it that drives women out of their comfort zones to go looking for sex; not just any old sex either. The kind they can’t have with men? Rick writes:

Be honest, and anonymous if you must, would you use such a service? Have you ever kissed a member of the same sex? Gone further? And what made you do it?