(10-29-2015, 02:28 PM)McBeefâ„¢ Wrote: Historically gladiators were absolutely prostitutes.I think that reputation hangs over most lower-paying physical performance professions (i.e all of them!), and those who work intimately with their clients And reasonably so! Its part of the reality of life for a dancer, etc. But, what this means is that every dancer has to deal with the idea that others think they may be prostitutes, it does not mean that every dancer is one. its really not much different in the modern world, in these professions sex is often considered a currency, at least many people view it that way.Â
They were slaves, but sort of like rock stars. The whole City of rome just watched some guy wreck it in the Arena, and then he stands there among the fallen, his rippling muschles covered in blood and sweat.
You can believe people paid shitloads of money to be the one who would fuck them right after the match. Gladiator training halls also often doubled as brothels.Â
I can imagine Ul'dah being the same way, and we can see how people like 'Franz the Fair' are sexual objects.
I'm not trying to say: no one should think dancers also sell sex. Not that at all. That reality is part of the life and culture, and part of what I have always thought effects Aya's life. ICly many people assume that she is one, or has been one, and even her father accused her of it. The perception of these things are all tied up together: that doesn't mean that dancers also sell sex, period. Just many people will assume that they do.
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