Comments on: Lupercalia

By: V. W. Singer

V. W. Singer — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:19:07 +0000

Until the fall of the imperial system, prostitution and brothels were a normal part of city life in China. Brothels were not just a place for sex, but were the equivalent of the modern dance club, where people (men) went for drinks and entertainment.

The Mandarin word for prostitute “Ji” implied craft (skill), a performer, as well as a sex worker. They were expected to be able to sing, play drinking games, recite poetry and generally be the life of the party.

The top rank of prostitutes often did not even offer sex, much like the Japanese Geisha. Many were famous poets.

While never high in social status unless they had a powerful patron, prostitutes were rarely persecuted, and moved openly in society.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:04:10 +0000

{rimshot}

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:53:40 +0000

The ancient Egyptians were very much into sex and drugs. Archeologists are still trying to figure out how they rolled their rocks.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:48:22 +0000

I’m not really sure if they rented to couples as well, but I suppose they wouldn’t have turned good money away. I’m also unsure about whether the ladies were charged by the transaction or by the night; what I’ve read seems to indicate it was usually the latter, but I reckon some cheaper ones might’ve done it the other way.

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:31:46 +0000

Would these brothels renting to meretrices be similar to the “love hotels” of Japan? Ostensibly, these are rented by the hour to couples, often married couples, who just need a touch of privacy for their lovemaking.

But of course everybody knows (and just doesn’t talk about) that they are often rented by the hour to couples of which one is paying and the other is being paid. That is, to prostitutes and their clients.

These Roman brothels may have been similar, with a mix of clients ranging from married couples wanting to get away from the kids for a while to youngsters wanting to avoid parents to pay-for-play business transactions.

Or maybe they weren’t, I don’t know. But it seems unlikely that such a market would be ignored.

By: Peter Nolan

Peter Nolan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:30:52 +0000

PS Maggie. If your fellow sex workers in Australia are interested. Here is a documentary done a while ago that PROVES that the Australian Tax Office does not legally or lawfully exist. I have actually seen a letter from the deputy commissioner for taxation, stamp, letterhead, signature and all, that says words to the effect.

“Despite the fact that the Australian Tax Office does not legally exist the courts have found many times over that Australian Citizens and Australian Residents have an obligation to pay their income taxes.”

Now…if that is not a criminal cartel I do not know what is.

Further, most people can not spot the deception of what an “Australian Citizen” or “resident” is. It is THEIR UCC legal entity and it DOES have an obligation to pay income taxes as and when it can. But since it is THEIR legal entity and NOT YOU then YOU have no obligation to pay THEIR income taxes. THEY DO.

If a human being does not know the difference between a “juristic person” which is what the criminals in the guvment mean when they say “person” and a human being…..when I have told as many people as I can….well, they should just pay their income taxes as a lesson in how expensive it is to be ignorant.

http://www.crimesagainstfathers.com/australia/Forums2/tabid/369/forumid/212/threadid/1021/scope/posts/Default.aspx

By: Comixchik

Comixchik — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:13:32 +0000

I’m with Maggie, I paid taxes too. Not doing so invites a kind of trouble you do not want.

Not too long ago, I heard about an archeological find in Egypt. They dug up the remains of an ancient library. The finds are slowly being conserved and translated at Oxford. And what subject matter have they found the most, thus far? Sex. Yes, sex stories. Seems the ancient world loved it’s porn, too.

By: Technomad

Technomad — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:11:58 +0000

In the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, I remember seeing a clay lamp with a relief on it of two people having sex. I wonder if they thought that was only used in a brothel by a trafficked slave girl? Considering how common sexual themes were in ancient Roman art, that might just have been an ordinary coin or token.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:10:38 +0000

I think her attitude definitely shows in her writing, but at least she doesn’t feel compelled to lie as McDonald did.

By: c andrew

c andrew — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:10:25 +0000