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Interesting article - The Brothel Creeper
Ladychatterley 2888 reads
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THE BROTHEL CREEPER

"As the debate rages about the pros and cons of legalising prostitution, Sebastian Horsley - a man who's slept with more than 1,000 prostitutes - gives a controversial and candid account of his experience of paying for sex."

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1306267,00.html


Interesting, perhaps extraordinary article from the UK Observer.  Very well written, but I wonder if Horsley is sometimes more interested in a clever turn of phrase than making absolute sense.  

Although I've got no official stats at my fingertips, and unless the police have given up on Soho entirely, I find it hard to believe that the place has one of the lowest crime rates in the UK (and by that I take it that he means crime generally and not just vice).  Besides, if he's referring to reported crime, it's less likely that someone engaged in an illegal or even just an embarrassing activity is going to report the crime.  Doesn't mean to say that the crime didn't occur.

Also, his reasons for maintaining illegality may have some merit from an hedonistic pov, but he left some questions unanswered.  Surely the worst elements of crime attached to prostitution come not from prostitution itself but as a result of the ancillary activities surrounding it like organised crime, drugs, trafficking, robbery, rape, theft and so on.  Doesn't illegality most adversely affect or fail the most vulnerable, like the victims of these sorts of crimes?  This doesn't seem to be an issue which concerns him.

He gives lots of food for thought though.

LC
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Related Link: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1306267,00.html

r_bear112927 reads

He lives a fully expressed life.

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SolaLove2626 reads

He may have written a great article, but he does not live a full life, nor a fully expressed one.  

He is unable to make real connections with women (see his comments on women in general, and intimacy), and much more...
I am tired and do not have the time or focus or even desire to analyze this one.

I enjoyed reading this, but that's all it was worth.

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r_bear112635 reads

"He is unable to make real connections with women (see his comments on women in general, and intimacy), and much more..."


Why does he have to do anything? I do not choose his life style. I go in and out of this hobby, because real connections with women have been hard in this hobby for me. I would like to have them more, because frankly I enjoy intelligent people, and with only a few exceptions ladies I have met as providers are that.

He has just said that he is what he is and thats it. Now there is no possibility in that, but I get it. His expression is one of just sex. Is that fully expressed in all aspects of his life? no. But then again, it all means nothing. Like you said it was an interesting article.

Get some rest my dear. We need you.

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ayla2119 reads

He seems like that type that probably talks just to hear his own voice. He is always right. He's smarmy. And he's probably proud of it. Well that's fine, but I myself and a huge majority of people find that obnoxious. Escorts and non escorts alike, Im sure. I feel sorry for those 1000 women.

Im not one to pass judgement on the lifestyle that others choose to lead. But it makes me stop and think when someone spends so much energy trying to defend it. On top of that, this guy makes gross generalizations about women, sex, and people in general, which show me that he needs to put others down in order to make himself feel OK about who he is. And I suspect that he is, deep down, very NOT ok with who he is.

The statement (toward the beginning of the article) that anyone who thinks differently or has had different experiences than him is lying, delusional, or "on something" regarding sex with the same person for an extended period of time shows the kind of closed mindedness and defensiveness that really seal the deal on my opinion of the author.

And I agree about him not living a fully expressed life. It seems more like he lives life in a tunnel, never able to see outside of what is immediatly in front of him. And people like that have a hard time truly connecting with anyone, sexually or otherwise.

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SexyCurvesDC2845 reads

He obviously equates monogamy with love... it never seems to cross his mind that love can exist in a polyamorous relationship.

I'm not sure I like his view of *women* in general, he seems a bit mysognisitic to me. I'm always sort of glad to see this issue coming to light in the mainstream, but why by a mysoginist? *sigh* There's always gotta be a moral hook somehow... like your average person reading this story would end and think "what a whackjob." Actually I'm thinking that and I'm not average at all.  

"Prostitution is obscene, debasing and disgraceful."

UGH... is that the attitude I want representing prostitutes? Gee thanks buddy, I'm sure you'll make lots of people think better of women in this 'biz with that type of mindset.

YUCK.

How about showing how so many of the men seeking this type of encounter are good guys with loving hearts, intelligent and successful usually, who just want some closeness and intimacy and hot sex without strings? Wouldn't it be great to see an article in the mainstream press that talked about the beauty of giving someone all of yourself immediately, meeting them and knowing right away just what they want and need, and then giving it to them? Which in my case often involves crazy sex and mad snuggles. :) Feeling intense intimacy with a stranger is a mind-blowing experience that is, whether or not anyone wants to admit it, absolutely spritual and special in and of itself. I don't care if every client of mine recognizes that... *I* recognize it.

I know there are lots of men out there who view us as trash. I just try very hard to avoid them.

Best,
Tamara

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