Prostitution

Were there now, jeni. Do tell us the juicy details
And why is that different - because there are still unequal power relationships between men and women I guess.
I wonder how many parents of disabled young women think they need a gigolo.
Does it perhaps go back to some idea that men build up an unhealthy head of "steam" if they do not have the proper outlet? Why is it that, in the context of these arguments, masturbation is not viewed as a valid one?
Is there something that I just don't get - or is it a myth which it suits men to believe ?
It is bizarre isn't it that soliciting is illegal but can still be taxed. Bit like if they started taxing cannabis.

Yes,I should have thought about disabled women, they have needs too.
Aren't "gigolos" looked down on just as much as prostitutes?

I don't think so.
I think they are seen as rather clever, living off rich women, getting lots of sex and having a bit of a doss.

I think I've lost the thread of this thread .

I saw money being passed. Usually American 'ladies' of sort of Dame Edna appearance! They got quite hissy if their 'escorts' were late?

I once persuaded SSD to fund a sex toy for one of my male clients who was so disabled that he could not masturbate - the only problem was that the label saying "Made in Taiwan" made him laugh so much that he went off the boil in a big way!!

A very practical, helpful solution Mishap

My comment jeni was not about the perception of men who prostitute themselves to women - but of women who pay for sex for whatever reason. And your comment illustrates this quite well. I am not expressing myself very well, but why should it seem quite normal and OK for, say men with disabled or 'turned off' wives to use prostitutes, but not the other way round?

Couldn't agree more! But for me ! I'm past my Best before date!

LOL - but so are most men who use prostitutes - perhaps partly the reason they do.

Can't be bothered, he'd have to be a reincarnation of Yul Brynner to get me going!

Ooh, yes!

Robert Redford will 'do' me, lol.

granjura!

Isn't he getting on a bit?

At least he's not dead!

granjura, I think the reason it seems more 'normal' for men to use prostitutes than for women, is because women have got better things to do and think about!
Sex is on mens' minds a lot of the time, whereas women are getting on with things!

I did say 'a reincarnation!'

I know, jeni, but I couldn't resist....

Mind you, I think ella has it right!

Another problem with the "disabled people need prostitutes" argument is that, I am guessing, this only accounts for a tiny proportion of the trade.
Lot of it is just a form of recreation it seems.

Like you granjura, I find it difficult to believe that any woman would sell her body night after night to any man who would pay for it, and if my daughter had chosen this 'profession' then I have my doubts about being able to live with that. Being of the older generation too, 'sex' has always been associated with 'love' and 'marriage'. Now there's a good old fashioned ide.

If it was the only alternative to seeing my children starve in poverty, then I would do anything. Some people live in appalling conditions and it's easy to judge.

Surely if prostitution is "the only alternative to seeing my children starve", then it's hardly a free choice.

I agree, absent.....a lot of women had to sell themselves in Italy during the war.