[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Parliment of whores

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Parliment of whores
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1205593345.shtml


   [1]Ann Althouse says:

     [2]Megan McArdle's readers insist that her support for legalized
     prostitution ought to force her to deal with the question whether
     she'd do the work herself. Her answer â sensible up to a point â is
     there are plenty of jobs she doesn't want to do. Her post doesn't
     explore whether we ought to protect young, weak, and economically
     hard-pressed individuals from doing things that will probably hurt
     them. The question is how harmful is the work â if you consider
     what it would be if it were legal?...Would you consider a career in
     prostitution? Assume reasonable benefits: great pay, excellent
     health care, a safe, well-run workplace, interesting colleagues.
     Would you?

   By asking Megan this question, Ann is asking (or at least threatening
   to ask) any woman who supports the legalization of prostitution the
   same question.

   The subject deserves a lot of research - prostitution is legal in many
   European countries - before deciding on that kind of thing, we should
   probably see how that legalization is working over there. But
   legalizing prostitution would appear to be an improvement over the
   current situation.

   So, would whoring be a good career move if the pay was good and there
   were health benefits? Well, lets look at the Eliot Spitzer meltdown.
   Spitzer has been described as [3]"disgraced", a criminal, a
   whoremonger, a bum, a bully, a hypocrite. He's going to lose his job,
   he's going to be charged with crimes and no one likes him. Women think
   that his wife should [4]kick him to the curb, kick him in the nuts and
   take him for everything he's worth. And he was [5]probably a shitty
   lay anyway.

   Of his wife Silda, people theorize that she wasn't giving her husband
   enough sex/love/attention. She was a sap to stand by her man, she was
   humilitated, pathetic, [6]subservient. One even noted that she was
   [7]overcharging her clients. So, add "overambitious", "liar", thief
   and crook to her resume.

   However, the prostitute is getting a lot of sympathy - and money. One
   critic of of Silda and Eliot says of Ashley Alexandra Dupré - "I just
   hope she got paid". She's described as hot, hotter, and the hottest
   thing on the market. Her song [8]"What We Want" became an instant hit.
   She's got an edge, she's got a platform, she's gonna make it big.
   They're talking $1 million dollar photo shots for Hustler and
   Penthouse, then a book, maybe a movie.

   The Spitzer mess proves - we give our whores more respect than we give
   our politicians (and their wives). At least the real whores are
   honest.

   So, would I consider a career in politics? Assume reasonable benefits:
   great pay, excellent health care, a safe, well-run workplace,
   interesting colleagues. Would I?

   Absolutely not.

References

   1. http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-it-was-legal-would-you-want-to-be.html
   2. http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/whats_sauce_for_the_goose.php
   3. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=370980
   4. http://www.bdtonline.com/local/local_story_074202756.html
   5. http://www.qoae.net/posts/1205346365.shtml
   6. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/sally_quinn/2008/03/what_was_silda_spitzer_thinkin.html
   7. http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2008/03/12/mine-yours-and-hours/
   8. http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1443439520080314