Calling all prostitutes and former prostitutes on MN, as there seem to be a few around right now...

[Aitch]

I'm curious to know how it makes you feel to see threads on here from wives and girlfriends etc when they discover that their husbands etc have been visiting prostitutes? even if you are happy in your own jobs (and i hope to god you are somehow, because the alternative is intolerable), how does it feel to be confronted with the downside of your work on these pages?

(i think it goes without saying that the men are culpable in this scenario, but am looking for some insight into how your work squares with sisterhood etc).

'I'm straight - so being on the "receiving" end of anal sex doesn't interest me.'

LOL at the idea that all male prostitutes are gay, BA. And LOL also at the idea that female prostitutes are straight. You have very quaint ideas. In particular the idea that anything is how it looks or seems in the world of prostitution.

"I'm straight - so being on the "receiving" end of anal sex doesn't interest me".

What's being straight got to do with it BA? For a man, you don't actually know a lot about male sexuality do you?
Plenty of straight men love to be fucked with a strap-on, never heard of BOB? (Bend over boyfriend) or pegging? There are tons of sex toys aimed at anal pleasure for men ( who could forget that wonderful thread about prostate massagers?).

It's unsurprising that you understand so little about female sexuality if you are so ignorant about your own sex.

I am not abusing you, BA

I leave that to the johns

oh, and asking you "difficult" questions ain't "abuse"

check your definition of "abuse"

dittany - you have no idea what is involved - yes of course, some people get forced to do things they don't want.

But plenty of others have lists of "dos" and "don'ts" relating to what they enjoy and/or dislike sexually.

I can see that opinions so diametrically opposed to your own are unhelpful, threatening perhaps.

WWIFN - I see you dismiss my account as it is inconvenient/awkward/difficult for your position.

I respect people with principles, by the way. I just hate bigots.

It's not in the least bit difficult or awkward to me Barmy! I am laughing at your blatant (but failing) attempts to patronise and condescend, while yet again avoiding the difficult question. You have persistently defended people's right to prostitution, but won't tell us whether you'd accept you or your male relatives being sodomised, although you seem perfectly happy for the females in your life to be penetrated in this way, as long as they were "happy".

Maybe one of his 'don'ts' would be selling his own arse while a 'do' would be the selling of his daughter's, (or anyone else's, as the hypothetical selling of his nearest and dearests' bodies didn't seem to phase him...) So maybe there is a principle involved? Or maybe he's mixing up being consistent with having principles?

bloody hell yes, he should be euthanised like the dog that he is

If a family member of mine (male or female) wanted to be a prostitute, that's a matter for them - as is what they prefer or dislike.

I find it quite inhibiting to have the argument framed in the way it has been up until now.

I posit an opinion that is not critical of prostitution per se, and receives howls of anguish and disapproval from people who presume that I sanction rape/abuse/bullying/violence etc.

If I said I liked sex, would that necessarily mean that I approved of rape?

Regarding the abuse - no, nothing to do with the questions about anal sex...more this, "Barmy is either an absolute shit who pretends human actions take place in a vacuum so he can pretend to himself he is slightly less of an absolute shit or (more likely in my view) one of those tedious wilfully provocative types" and "one of the sickest minds I've ever come across" etc etc.

dittany - of course preferences come into it...we should all pursue the jobs we want, with the likes/dislikes that comes with them.

sex versus rape ???

Are you saying that people who don't like prostitution don't like sex ?

You are just stupid, I think

AF - no, you misunderstand me...for which I must take responsibility in that I can't have been clear in what I said.

I'm saying that not disliking prostitution does not equate to liking rape. The thrust of comments earlier sought to imply that my attitude was one of condoning rape/violence/coercion etc.

If I had sons, I would not object to their prostituting themselves, consistent with their sexuality.

This thread has turned into a crass and bullying fiesta. BA has not made any personal attacks againt any of you, yet you seem totally incapable of debating the points he is making without persoanally insulting him. Grow up.

Attack his points, not him. But that might be to difficult for you.

So you would object to a gay son prostituting himself to women?

dittany - if they're gay then yes, of course. Because otherwise I'd be a huge f*ing hypocrite, which is what you're trying to paint me as.

But when your attempts fail, you resort to abuse by deriding my paternal instincts or comparing me unfavorably with your husband.

Isn't there some rule that the first one to resort to abuse is conceding defeat? There should be.

Barmy, do you think women submitting to the sexual pecadilloes of men and eg. having their various orifices penetrated and pretending to like it is "consistent with their sexuality" ???