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caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
135. Actually . . .
Thu Jun 6, 2013, 11:22 PM
Jun 2013

Prostitutes have blogs now. It's easy to check on what he says against the accounts that they give. And no, I don't think they would be able to lie every day in their blogs.

His suggesting that they don't do it for money was just boneheaded, but he acknowledged he made a mistake in saying that.

From what I've seen, there are two kinds of people in sex work. That is those who have no moral objection or queasiness about casual sex to begin with, and even enjoy sex so much that getting paid for it was the next logical step. Think about it. If casual sex doesn't bother a person in any way, why wouldn't the do it for money? It's a no brainer.

The second kind are addicts. They were addicts before they got into the sex trade, or were well on their way, and they needed prostitution to support their habit. They get into it regardless of their moral objections, regardless of their inhibitions. These people should definitely not be in the sex trade.

What they both have in common is, they don't work for free. Oh, they might have friends they have sex with, but regarding guys meet in the same night and have sex with regardless of the chemistry? No. Never. And they keep friends (and family) and clients in separate emotional categories.

I know prostitutes [View all] Uzair Jun 2013 OP
This will end well... Ohio Joe Jun 2013 #1
I want the "I Know Prostitutes" T-shirt jberryhill Jun 2013 #2
ok but... it's all you get Ohio Joe Jun 2013 #3
DUzy nominee! nt caseymoz Jun 2013 #133
DUzy arely staircase Jun 2013 #10
The back should say Tien1985 Jun 2013 #12
a actually want jberryhill's laughing cow avatar arely staircase Jun 2013 #18
You're welcome... Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #26
OMG it hurts jberryhill Jun 2013 #177
second DUzy rec BainsBane Jun 2013 #123
Opps BainsBane Jun 2013 #161
Meanwhile, your son's t-shirt says: BainsBane Jun 2013 #171
this is gonna be good arely staircase Jun 2013 #14
I have a .gif for that!! Chan790 Jun 2013 #15
Yes.... Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #139
This thread is proving to be a new classic... Javaman Jun 2013 #162
... L0oniX Jun 2013 #4
"All of them are in it because they like sex. The money is a side benefit." undeterred Jun 2013 #5
I know, right? Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #6
it's hardly amusing Skittles Jun 2013 #67
I hate to be the one to quote William Burroughs but... Taverner Jun 2013 #56
He believed everything they told him. Cause they're working their way through college. Squinch Jun 2013 #103
And the biggest? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #134
Final Jeopardy! Squinch Jun 2013 #136
And what's really funny is he believes that BainsBane Jun 2013 #117
"they also like meeting new people" undeterred Jun 2013 #7
Their greatest occupational hazard is a stiff neck, I guess BlueStreak Jun 2013 #54
Because women who want to meet new men and have sex with them undeterred Jun 2013 #78
This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Jun 2013 #8
I know drug addicts Capt. Obvious Jun 2013 #9
and it's likely great fufilling sex...you know, the ones that are theapeutic Sheepshank Jun 2013 #69
Somehow I doubt the veracity of this. nt raccoon Jun 2013 #11
Indubitably. Squinch Jun 2013 #105
Youre not worth a hidden post. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #13
he likes paying to fuck women and feels the need to justify it Skittles Jun 2013 #70
Just yesterday, you claimed that MineralMan Jun 2013 #16
well to be fair, he said he "didn't know" a single man who hadn't arely staircase Jun 2013 #20
Only in a very limited circle of acquaintances, I'd guess. MineralMan Jun 2013 #23
very limited circle of acquaintances arely staircase Jun 2013 #24
I know a lot of men Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #140
I don't know what you're getting at Uzair Jun 2013 #88
Yah, well, you never came back to today's post. MineralMan Jun 2013 #90
You need to hang out with better people MattBaggins Jun 2013 #113
Judgmental much? grahamhgreen Jun 2013 #160
Thanks for JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #102
I have an idea who that is. Kali Jun 2013 #115
No, it's not BainsBane Jun 2013 #118
Cool story, bro. maddezmom Jun 2013 #17
"They are victims of their pumps" undeterred Jun 2013 #19
they should wear more sensible shoes arely staircase Jun 2013 #21
Shoes for meeting new people. undeterred Jun 2013 #22
i know, right arely staircase Jun 2013 #25
Truly trod upon, eh? nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #32
Pumpin' ain't easy. Dr. Strange Jun 2013 #61
F***-me pumps? Skittles Jun 2013 #72
You know it's hard out here for a pump. nt pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #76
I drive a Cadillac, wear a perm cause I’m a G arely staircase Jun 2013 #89
All the pumps I know thucythucy Jun 2013 #79
Pumps Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #141
I doubt you do, but I actually dated one in college. Xithras Jun 2013 #27
ON the assumption that everyone needs to earn money.... brooklynite Jun 2013 #51
I have no problem with prostitution Xithras Jun 2013 #53
I agree with you Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #142
If you think those women are having fulfilling sex with Johns BainsBane Jun 2013 #119
And of course there's this Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #143
That's your anecdote, this is mine. Uzair Jun 2013 #92
And you believe you gave her the best orgasm of her life too BainsBane Jun 2013 #120
Actually . . . caseymoz Jun 2013 #135
You forgot the third kind Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #144
My post was about voluntary ones. caseymoz Jun 2013 #175
it's precisely because there is so much money invovled noiretextatique Jun 2013 #164
"If they didn't like sex, they wouldn't do what they do, sufrommich Jun 2013 #168
.....! Whisp Jun 2013 #28
The Main Act!!! onpatrol98 Jun 2013 #154
Cool story, goes well with your fairy tale of not knowing geek tragedy Jun 2013 #29
i think that is quite possibe in this particular case arely staircase Jun 2013 #33
I'm not believing any of it. nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #36
Uh oh! FSogol Jun 2013 #30
Looks kind of like the tranja kid in an episode of Star Trek tabasco Jun 2013 #80
Truthfully, I know a few prostitutes, too. PDJane Jun 2013 #31
nice post arely staircase Jun 2013 #34
Legalization also means accepting prostitution in your neighborhood. Laelth Jun 2013 #130
That's a very good point made at the link. Thanks for it. Squinch Jun 2013 #146
My pleasure. n/t Laelth Jun 2013 #150
Great post. caseymoz Jun 2013 #176
I currently work with one in my office.... cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #35
oh H2O Man Jun 2013 #37
Give my regards to Don Quixote will you? siligut Jun 2013 #38
As a worldly 18th Century scholar and diplomat who also has met a few prostitutes, I must say Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #39
Scholar of the 18th century, or scholar from the 18th Century? hedgehog Jun 2013 #42
Please refer to my Journal. I introduced myself a couple of weeks ago. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #44
Welcome and make yourself at home. hedgehog Jun 2013 #47
Thank you, sir! Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #48
Well, it's ma'am, but you're welcome! hedgehog Jun 2013 #50
Oops, I assumed your moniker was a reference to adult film star Ron Jeremy. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #63
Oh, my! hedgehog Jun 2013 #68
you are posting from the 18th century? arely staircase Jun 2013 #91
He's Benjamin Franklin, of course he is. nt sufrommich Jun 2013 #167
Can you explain how legalizing prostitution means no more sex slaves, trafficking or child abuse? riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #40
Is that aimed at me, or at Uzair? PDJane Jun 2013 #41
Oops!! Uzair... riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #74
Can you explain how the reverse is true? Major Nikon Jun 2013 #84
The question is for Uzair, based upon statements in his OP. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #87
And my question is for you based on your response Major Nikon Jun 2013 #95
Well it doesn't assume anything. Its simply a question for Uzair based on his statement. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #98
I think some sort of legalization scheme has to be part of reform Major Nikon Jun 2013 #100
I'm not uzair, but if I may he NEVER said any of that! jazzimov Jun 2013 #110
Can you explain how banning drugs has led to an end of drug abuse and trafficking? n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #174
Hello ~ Uzair In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #43
K&R Capt. Obvious Jun 2013 #45
Senator, I served with prostitutes. I knew prostitutes. Prostitutes were friends of mine. arely staircase Jun 2013 #46
DUzy! BainsBane Jun 2013 #121
I thought they all were...and the Hill was just one big brothel...! nt MADem Jun 2013 #179
When the prostitutes you know told you all this, hedgehog Jun 2013 #49
did you misspell clock dlwickham Jun 2013 #52
Interesting narrative Aerows Jun 2013 #55
You have failed the DU purity test. MindPilot Jun 2013 #57
it can be so Mao like here lunasun Jun 2013 #104
Legalize and regulate because they ARE in it for the money Taverner Jun 2013 #58
Funny, I've never met a prostitute who wasn't forced into it by economic circumstances, Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #59
and on the high end they're not 'forced,' but it's one of the few ways to make big money that's HiPointDem Jun 2013 #77
not cause they like sex...but because they like the attention. cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #82
so your friend is attractive enough that people will pay her a couple of hundred for sex but she's HiPointDem Jun 2013 #83
I know lots of people who are "forced" into commercial fishing by economic circumstance. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #106
Really? The fishermen I know all did it because it was family/local tradition or Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #107
"just because it paid better than (the) jobs that they also could have taken" lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #108
Yeah, their choices like addiction or having kids with men who died. Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #116
Funny , I have never met a person with a job wasn't forced into it by economic circumstances. bowens43 Jun 2013 #129
Not according to some on this thread. n/t Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #131
the vast majority of people who merely "like sex" don't become prostitutes. unblock Jun 2013 #60
Do you also know where they go? Yavin4 Jun 2013 #62
Choose your response carefully shawn703 Jun 2013 #64
Escorts are the closest thing to legalized work LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #65
Let us know how their lives turned out in about 20-30 years. I guess none of your sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #66
The government needs to stay the fuck out of people's bedrooms. - :-/ K&R n/t DeSwiss Jun 2013 #71
Not if those people are having sex with kids in their bedrooms quakerboy Jun 2013 #81
You will have noticed that several here have responded to you as if their position is "consensus". sibelian Jun 2013 #73
"All of them are in it because they like sex" = garbage. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #75
"None of them are in it because they like sex" = garbage napoleon_in_rags Jun 2013 #127
the reality is you don't need to prostitute yourself to get sex. just go into a bar. you prostitute HiPointDem Jun 2013 #128
...and then go to your "respectable job" in the morning? brooklynite Jun 2013 #147
i said, prostitution is about *money*. i didn't express an opinion about that *fact*. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #169
That's like saying my interest in Planning is about "money" brooklynite Jun 2013 #172
I see that you've had lots of replies to your OP, but that MineralMan Jun 2013 #85
I don't spend my time here 24/7 Uzair Jun 2013 #93
I see. Well, OK, then... MineralMan Jun 2013 #94
Weak answer. Quantess Jun 2013 #96
What do you want me to respond to? Uzair Jun 2013 #97
You are lousy at argumentation. Quantess Jun 2013 #99
Maybe your characterization of your prostitute friends' motives was so absurd Squinch Jun 2013 #148
complete noiretextatique Jun 2013 #165
I have also known prostitutes who were junkies. Quantess Jun 2013 #86
Don't believe it treestar Jun 2013 #101
Or proposition attractive people who are also good dancers in clubs. redqueen Jun 2013 #109
Ever see the guys who troll the streets where the prostitutes work? Those girls are not Squinch Jun 2013 #145
That is a truly horrifying and sickening thought. nt redqueen Jun 2013 #157
Yes it is. Squinch Jun 2013 #158
I've known three kinds of prostitutes very well. One was my closest friend for years. Anyway... freshwest Jun 2013 #173
That is such a crock. Prostitution is not about sex, just like rape isn't. It's about money. Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #111
tend to be middle aged professionals in unhappy marriages MattBaggins Jun 2013 #112
I can see prositution legalized within 20 years in the U.S. Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #114
Now this is a funny thread BainsBane Jun 2013 #122
I know therapists olddots Jun 2013 #125
Perhaps you should provide referrals? BainsBane Jun 2013 #126
Why tax and regulate prostitution, when nobody wants to do it with Wall Street ? jakeXT Jun 2013 #124
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2013 #132
This much I know quaker bill Jun 2013 #137
Good story Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #138
And prostitutes know you pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #149
This post is an excellent example of how well prostitutes ply their trade randr Jun 2013 #151
Seriously. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #152
I know. It's pretty damn funny. I burst out laughing, actually. nt Nay Jun 2013 #163
Indeed. I once saw a young seaman put before Captain's Mast for cavorting with a prostitute. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #155
"Oh no no no, she REALLY digs me." Jokerman Jun 2013 #170
ive known a couple of prostitutes rdking647 Jun 2013 #153
That is quite a story Marrah_G Jun 2013 #156
So there I was, interviewing a room full of courtisans in Thailand... grahamhgreen Jun 2013 #159
My friend knew a prostitute... Jokerman Jun 2013 #166
So knowing four hookers makes you an expert? bitchkitty Jun 2013 #178
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