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Telling Mom You're A Hooker Isn't Always So Horrible
Yesterday, one of Jezebel's brother sites, Gawker, wrote about "Debauchette," one of the several prostitutes who appeared on the Diane Sawyer 20/20 special about working girls. Even though Debauchette's voice was altered and her appearance masked, her mother recognized her because of the idiosyncratic cadence of her voice and her gestures. "I listened to what you had to say in the interview and I expect you feel you have thought all of this through," Debauchette's mom said. (All things considered, a reasonably calm response.) Karly Kirchner of sex-worker site Bound, Not Gagged recounts a similarly accepting response from her mom, but adds that she wants her mother to start reading her posts on the blog. More »
"[High end prostitutes] enjoy it...They feel like they're not being taken advantage of any longer—they understand the situation, and they don't get their heart broken. It's just like being a mortician: You could just see people that are dead and you don't get involved with them emotionally. Same thing as a working girl! Ha-ha-ha!" — "Jane," a former NYC madam interviewed in this week's New York Observer. [Observer]
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British Professor: Prostitution Is Not All Bubble Baths And Bordellos
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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Love And Marriage? Just Fucking Pay Us Already
Is the new slogan for women "To hell with love, I'm working for a hedge fund?" According to a recent study, men are more willing than women to prioritize romantic relationships over personal career goals. There was a time in this country when a woman would jokingly say she went to college to get her MRS; to learn a little and meet a husband. Change is in the air! In the study — which sounds suspiciously similar to others in the news last year — researchers Catherine Mosher of Duke University Medical Center and Sharon Danoff-Burg at the University of Albany asked undergraduates to rate the importance of stuff like financial success, career, education, romantic relationships, marriage, children and friendship. Maybe it's not so surprising that 51% of the women ranked romance over achievement — but 61% of the men did? Who are these mushy, large-hearted college boys? Were the regular douches too hung over from frat parties to participate?More »
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Skinny, Single Girls Are Always Less Productive
A reader points us to an excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Transportation magazine: Tips on "getting more efficiency" out of female employees, who were being hired in droves due to the manpower shortage during World War II. Some of the gems include:[Young married women] usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters, they are less likely to be flirtatious.And!
When you have to use older women, try to get ones who have worked outside the home at some time in their lives. Older women who have never contacted the public have a hard time adapting themselves and are inclined to be cantankerous and fussy.More »
We are so excited [Jen, that is. -Ed.]: 9 to 5 is coming to Broadway! As a musical. With a Dolly Parton score. Fantasy cast: Jackie Hoffman, Christine Ebersole, Renee Elise Goldsberry. [NYPost]
