Sylwia
Łubkowska
Nauczyciel oraz
tłumacz j.
angielskiego
Temat: Room for sex...
warren whitmore:
Sylwia Łubkowska:
If this is so abhorrent then why so many people are up for it (on both sides)? I I think these days there's so much of it around and changes in society have gone so far that quite a lot of them say 'what's the big deal?' and mean it. I don't insist this is particularly 'healthy' but it becomes more and more a part of life and so perhaps it's an indication that life in general has become less healthy.
Maybe one day we'll wake up to find that shame attached to the idea of sponsoring is a thing of the past, just like the shame of being a 'bastard' born out of wedlock or a 'spinster'. I hope not.
I'd say you've probably got things the wrong way round, Sylwia.
One of the first 'serious' books I ever read was 'the worm in the bud' a study of Victorian sexuality.
Prostitution was far more prevalent in the U.K. in the 19th century than it is today.
The permissive society in the late 20th century massively reduced the number of brothels and the likelihood of men paying for it.
You'll probably find far more prostitutes in repressive, theocratic Iran than in secular, liberal Sweden.
I know - just like with anything in life that people either have in excess or are deprived of. Plus, anything can become a 'norm' given enough social approval of the masses, like for example the men of ancient Greece / Rome who apparently preferred the companionship of young boys and didn't apologise for it. The only reason why I don't like the idea of sponsoring is because I was brought up this way and maybe things are changing now.
When it comes to the Iranian buses of debauchery, I'm not surprised either. I guess the reason why Islamic fundamentalists keep their regime the way they do is because it gives them a greater hard-on.