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Remember "Summer," the 18-year-old Tyra guest whose dad not only used to give bikini waxes, but persuaded to go into prostitution (which she later confessed to hating)? Well, HBO recently ran a the Moonlight Bunny Ranch called Cathouse: Menage, and Summer (whose real name is Christina) was featured in it, performing a three-way and discussing how she hates being picked on by the other women. Apparently, the others think she's sleeping with brothel owner Dennis Hoff because she was given a coveted sun room at the Ranch. Airforce Amy wonders if Summer's agent, aka her dad, fucked Dennis to get the room for her, implying that her dad is gay. Clip above. More »
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In Montana, former cathouses and bordellos are now tourist attractions, where, according to the Economist, Big Sky Country enthusiasts can dream of the notorious Madam Ida, who "distributed gilt neckties to favoured customers." (No doubt against a backdrop of crushed red velvet and giant, filigree mirrors.) Americans harbor "enduring fondness for the turbulent world of unfettered freedom and vice," the Economist reasons, and prostitutes are a pivotal part of that fantasy world. Pop culture is also littered "happy hookers" stereotype, in films like Pretty Woman, Mighty Aphrodite, and in documentaries like HBO's Cathouse, which focused on Nevada's Bunny Ranch brothel. Brags the cable channel: "...the Bunny Ranch is a tightly-run ship where johns are 'clients' and prostitutes are 'working girls' with their own private rooms and weekly doctor visits. [The] Bunny Ranch is a welcome retreat for men — and women — who enter the door with a good attitude and money to party." More »
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