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(11-06-2015, 02:58 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:(11-06-2015, 02:55 AM)Pastry Army Wrote: No you are absolutely right, basing your opinions and understandings of a subject matter you know next to nothing about based off the words of one is . . . silly at best. But regardless of that fact I, personally, find it interesting to take in the account of one and put it against the account of another working a similar field.Â
Which means I have exactly two opinions to work with now. One being OP, of which I can understandably see being upset  by these words, given proper context and meaning outside of word definition alone. And the other being the exact opposite. She was a prostitute, by her own words.
The truth is, you could rename prostitution "happy sparkle fun time girls," and the moment someone figured out it had to do with sex, they would look down their nose at the title. Â It doesn't matter what it's called as long as society views the action as lacking in dignity or sinful or wrong (or pick another derogatory term, I suppose). Â Changing the words we use isn't going to fix that.
Prostitution used to be more widely used. A great composer might "Prostitute themselves" by composing for a wealthy noble instead of for the love of the art.
It speaks to the idea that there should be a higher purpose to turn our minds and body towards than simple profit. It can be argued that all labor that is purely for profit is prostitution.Â
I do think that sex, that supreme act of human bonding, done for money, debases the act. However I don't hold that against people. I think musicians who sell out debase the art of music, or people like Doctor Oz who sell quack medicines for profit debase medicine.
I don't necessarily blame the individuals though, but more the sad state of our society and economic system that forces people to prostitute themselves (using the more general sense of the word) in order to get ahead.