--- In [email protected], "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, definitely. No, absolutely not. Maybe, it depends. > > Come on, Judy. You know that's way too simplistic a question > to answer without spending a huge amount of time defining > and qualifying. Life is calling me. This discussion no longer > does.
Sorry if my question was too tough for you. I'll say what I think, though. I suspect it would be exceedingly rare that one would characterize a woman who is supported by a man in exchange for sex as a deadbeat who sponges off her boyfriend. And yet the situations are identical except for the gender reversal. What accounts for the difference in terminology? > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Yes, and the sun rises in the east. Except if you're on Uranus, > > > where it rises in the north (or south, depending on where the first > > > Uranian map-makers live). > > > > <trying again> In the case of a man who provides > > support for a woman in exchange for sex, would you > > characterize her as a deadbeat who sponges off her > > boyfriend? > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Cliff" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Happens quite often, actually. I've talked to a number of > > > > > exotic dancers who complained endlessly about their > > > > > deadbeat boyfriends who sponged off of them. But that > > > > > also happens in other professions. > > > > > > > > But these are deadbeats who sponge off their > > > > girlfriends. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Cliff" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > "Sugar-daddy" relationships can happen to women in all > > walks of > > > > life, > > > > > > > Sparaig. Many "normal" relationships could even be looked > > at > > > > that > > > > > > > way - man provides financial support, woman provides sex. > > I > > > > don't > > > > > > > think the particular profession under discussion has a lock > > on > > > > > > > shallow, material-based interactions. > > > > > > > > > > > > Heck, why don't we just turn it around and have > > > > > > the woman support the man on her earnings from > > > > > > dancing in a strip club? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
