--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > "trying doing your sadhana in a brothel" > > > > > > > > > > I think I may have found a spiritual path that might suit my > > > > > nature. > > > > > > > > LOL. I wrote parts of my book sitting at the bar of > > > > Yab Yum, the most famous brothel in Amsterdam. It > > > > was actually a beautiful room, full of Asian art > > > > and buddhas and all, but the women didn't hurt, > > > > either. I liked the basic honesty of the place, and > > > > the interplay of energies. > > > > > > Yeah, there's nothing like the "when am I going to get my > > > $50.00" honest look of a hooker... > > > > That's why it's an honest place, Shemp. It's on a > > bit of a different level than that. > > > > The women themselves are all beautiful (of course), > > but most are well-educated, and many have careers > > as consultants or scientists, and do their gig in > > the evenings at Yab Yum because they want to retire > > at 30. > > I have no problem with either brothels or women freely selling their > bodies for sexual favors...many marriages are just that anyway. > > What I have a problem with is the continuation of the "retire at 30" > myth because no such thing ever happens for 99.9% of these women: > > 1) in order to obtain such a lofty goal, the output they will have > to go through vis a vis fucking is astronomical; > > 2) if they are, indeed, one of the 0.1% able to fuck enough men to > get enough money to "retire at 30", their brains and body (not to > even mention their spirit) will be so ruined that there will be > nothing to enjoy that retirement with. > > 3) factor in the fact that this is a legal brothel you are talkihng > about where all monies, expenses and revenues are tightly and > strictly controlled and 100% of income they earn is taxed...I invite > you to show me how any of these women can make enough money to have > any type of nest egg. > > 4) It is demeaning in a very major way to women...and I'm not > talking about the sex part here; as I said, I'm okay with that...I'm > referring to the "well, I have to pay my way through college" claim > or the "I have to feed my children" line we've all heard from both > strippers and hookers. That's bullshit...if you need money, get off > your ass (no pun intended) and get a real job because today women > can compete right there alongside men and, in many cases, do BETTER > than men. > > I work in a profession that in the rare instance a woman enters it > she will be 10 times better than a man and make 10 times more. It is > too easy an excuse to say "I'm doing this to retire at 30" or "I am > forced to do it because I need the money". Total crap and it's just > an excuse to take the easy way out. > > And when I say "easy way out", the hooking business, particularly of > the kind that you describe, Barry, is a life not spent so much on > your back as it is spent on your ass watching TV and smoking > cigarettes waiting for a John to choose you in the line-up with 20 > other broads. For every 30 minutes you spend with a "trick" you > spend at least 5 hours in waiting time getting chosen...and very few > are spending that down-time studying for Surgery 101 or Torts in > Civil Law. It's a life of do-nothingness and boredom and AVOIDING > life.
Someday, Shemp, you should travel again outside the US and get over your belief that things work in other places the way they work here. I made a number of close friendships among the women who worked at Yab Yum. They got to keep 60% of the $200-500 per hour "fees," plus tips (which, given the clientele, were considerable and which, given the Netherlands, are never reported for taxes). The house makes the bulk of its money on the champagne that the guests were obliged to buy for the women. This was about 10 years ago. On my last trip to Amsterdam, I looked up a few of my favorites (I was kinda their "pet"), and all are now retired, never again having to work at anything, much less at Yab Yum. (It doesn't take much of a nest egg to retire in the Netherlands, given how much is already paid for by the guvmint.) A couple of them have promised to visit me in the south of France, since they are now free to travel. It's not everyone's idea of how to retire at 30, but at least half a dozen of the women I knew there have done just that. The Netherlands is not America. Keep your American prudery and assumptions at home where they belong. They only pollute more sensible countries, not uplift them. 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
