Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Prositute Mothers
I live a pretty boring life so I'm sure not many people want to hear about it.
But I was watching 'The Tyra Banks Show' and the topic was something about mothers in prostitution. In Nevada, it is legal. The two girls on the show worked at 'The Bunny Ranch' and made good money doing so. One girl has her daughter in a private school that cost $11,000 a year to attend. This same girl also put herself through school and has a nursing degree. But that wasn't what she wanted to do. She enjoys her current job. The other girl, just had a baby and has not yet decided whether she wants to return or not.
Personally, I see no problem with their choice of career. They don't bring it home to their children. Their work stays at work. And as long as they can care for their children and be good mothers, I don't see the problem with their career choice. But other people think it's wrong. Tyra Banks even seemed to try to blame their past on why they have chose that career choice even though both girls don't think so.
What do you think? Is it okay to be a prositute and a mother?
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i agree, as long as they dont bring their work home
& they're not prostituting for their drug addiction or whatever addiction, they're putting their children through school and what not. so i think their career is fine... D: D: if thats what they want to do ?
As long as it's legal, it isn't a problem. It pays the bills and more. I can think of worse things.
I may not agre with it but as long as it is legal there and their kids aren't being exposed to their work and are being properly cared for then it's their business...
well, honestly, it depends on other people's morals for them to do whatever. However, even if I ever were in that position (wouldnt, prostitution just isnt in my morals), I wouldnt ever have my kids know what I do. I'd want them to get an idea on how they felt on the situation by themselves without the influence that it is ok from the parents.
I really question the sanity of any woman that "enjoys" prostitution. How can someone enjoy selling their body on a regular basis...they have nothing special to save for their significant other...they're allowing random strangers to ravage their intimacy. How can they still feel good about themselves?
Someone needs to explain this to me, because I just don't get it. It has to be because of their past...I've only ever slept with my husband and I can't imagine sleeping with anyone else. It just seems disgusting!
@averyswife@xanga - People can seperate emotional initimacy and physical intimacy. It is all a matter of perspective.
There cannot be too much of a problem with it if prostitution is one of the oldest professions in the world.
While I might not choose that line of work, what they are doing is legal in that area. They are in a work situation so it isn't like some "John" is going to be coming to their home.
@averyswife@xanga - different people have different morals, I personally couldnt - however some people dont see sex outside of an relationship as taboo, in fact - more as a casual thing. Personally Id be terrified of desiese or not knowing if I slept with someone who was a murderer or something =/. Sex is way too intimate for me, but as for other's - like I said it depends =/
to each their own. I could never be a prostitute under any circumstance. It has nothing to do with the fact I am a mother.
No. Parents should lead by example. If she would feel okay about her kids being prostitutes when they grow up, then yeah. I wouldn't though.
@enmy_sephius@xanga - Yeah, I guess you're right.
It just seems so sad. Women should be taught to respect themselves; to respect their bodies. Sex should be something special. There's a reason women can't orgasm unless they're feeling it mentally as well as physically...that emotional attachment is supposed to be there.
The issue with prostitution is that you're giving up your self-respect and your body to a complete stranger in exchange for monetary gains. In such a transaction, you are basically giving up your rights to your body as a free-thinking individual. I personally cannot deal with that, I'm struggling with normal relationship intimacy as it is.
i don't think there is a problem either. as long as it stays at work, and they are taking care of things...just like every other job. If a person wants to be a doctor or prostitute, it doesn't bother me. As long as that is what they are doing because they want to do it.
@averyswife@xanga - I think it's a personal decision. I've slept with people other than my husband (prior to being with him) and while I don't always think they were healthy choices, I also don't think they were made because I didn't respect my body or myself. Some women, myself included, just really enjoy sex. For some women, although I don't include myself in this, don't really care who it's with so long as they are treated reasonably well. Another factor is that the girls are, basically, in control of the situation. They choose who they sleep with and the circumstances around it. As terrible as it may seem, they're not doing anything different than the thousands of females who sleep with men on the first date, they're just getting paid for it.
I may never pick it as a career but honestly, who are we to judge it? They're providing for their children, they are presumably keeping their work separate from their family life (which more people should do, regardless of career) and most importantly, we're talking about consenting adults. It's all legal and honestly, I think it's better than the women who do web cam porn to provide for their children. At least these women don't have to worry about their kids googling them some day.
Are people saying "as long as it stays at work" because it's prostitution specifically, or because work isn't everything?
@averyswife@xanga - You can have amazing respect for yourself and still enjoy being a sex worker. I think it's too bad that people can't understand that. It's also a falacy that women can't orgasm without emotional attachment.
@Parsimony@xanga - Again, you can be a sex worked and still have respect for yourself and your body. In fact it's not uncommon to hear sex workers discuss how it empowers them.
It's not all black and white and more often than not the cliches don't apply.
@S_Sunshine@xanga - Then it must be a different class of prostitution with rights and their safety considered.
something is wrong in that photo
@S_Sunshine@xanga - Without the emotion attachment, yes, but they still have to put themselves in the right mental frame of mind. That was my point...why would orgasm be dependent upon the mind if it was purely physical.
I have issues with it morally... I know not everyone shares the same morals. But I have to wonder, do you really want to be that kind of role model for your children? I know I sure wouldn't want my kids growing up with that as an example of being a grown up.
People should read the book Brothel - mustang ranch and its women by Alexa Albert before judging these ladies the book is about these women working as prostitutes in nevada.
I for one enjoyed the book and gave me a new outlook on these women. :)
haha, work stays at work? whatever! work never just stays at work, and home never just stays at home. That's naive. I think the women are being irresponsible and showing a bad example for their children.
@averyswife@xanga - @Parsimony@xanga -
You're both assuming that everyone has the same feeling towards sex as you do.
I don't think that it is okay for me. I am not going to judge them. I try to be a role model for my daughter and I would be very upset if she was a prostitue some day.