(10-30-2015, 08:56 AM)SicketySix Wrote:(10-29-2015, 11:46 PM)K Wrote: For that reason alone I'd personally contest the idea that it's widely embraced and accepted as "the norm" but unless anyone can back that up(my hazy recollections that is) then remember to take what I say with a grain of salt.
I would think it would be more widely accepted depending on the location. For instance, I view Ul'dah as a scum of a city, there's rundown alleyways and crime all over the place. Though upper class dancers may be present in Ul'dah, I think they would be the exception.
Limsa I would view having the 2nd largest sex worker attendance, with Gridania being the least.
And these are all just my personal opinions.
And let's all remember that this game is Japanese, and their attitudes towards sex workers is a lot different than that in most of the countries we live in. Â Here in America, prostitution (and even dancing) have historical taboos associated with them. Â Many of the more tight religious sects (the Mennonites being the best example that springs to mind) consider dancing and music outside a religious setting to be encouragement to sin because it might lead to sex (all those bodies pressed together and whatnot).
In Japan, dancing and being sex workers are parts of a long and colorful tradition. Â Whether you agree with it or not (and there are people across the world who are at odds with their respective cultures) a lot of this isn't necessarily as seedy there. Â Being a dancer who engages in sex work is better, culturally, than just being a sex worker, and even then the idea that having a woman's company for the night for pay will lead to sex isn't so firmly ingrained on that culture.
