dreamofthemoon -> RE: Finding Aggravated Dommes Funny (9/1/2011 5:17:30 PM)
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ORIGINAL: PatrickG38 Who is picketing? I am just interested in the cultural phenomena being reflected here and the large number of people who find so little objection about market exchanges for sex, intimacy or emotion. As I once said about lobbying and frequenting prostitutes, they both involve paying for something you should be able to talk yourself into on the merits. And this is why I hate to go to sleep at night sometimes! Patrick, I get what you are saying - some things are sacred, they are what make us human. Belittling those things, putting a monetary value on them devalues them. I get that, and frankly I agree. For me, prostitution is not one of those things. For you, it is. When I was in university I wrote a paper in one of my classes about how similar psychotherapy is to prostitution. We give our affection / unconditional positive regard to another person. It is an intimate interaction. It is a one way relationship in which the other person's needs are the focus. It is time sensitive. There is a money exchange. Touch is in very specified ways. (Prostitutes often have rules about touching kissing for example - just as therapists have rules about touching) There is a specific place that it takes place, and not in public. People are sometimes ashamed to use the service. Some people are unable to integrate any other human contact. As you can see, I've thought this through. I was just speaking last night about what people do when they are starving, when they are desperate (the john for sex, the prostitute for money). It is not really my place to judge someone's actions in that way. I've been desperate enough in my life a time or two that I've done things that I would not have if I hadn't needed something on a basic level. It's easy to judge others when one is gazing down from a higher level on Maslow's hierarchical mountain. best, sunshine [sm=hearts.gif] [sm=yourock.gif] Sunny! As for the vegetables, two words: Brussel sprouts. [:'(]
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