Read R.Valentina's Pelacur vs His First Lady on the cab ride back to town. The writer is one of my mother's dearest friend, and a recent role model of mine.

Had some interesting points:

- On women being forced to please their husbands, JUST SO they will not run to prostitutes to fulfill their sexual needs.
- Prostitutes are seen as 'renting' out their body for the purpose of their work.
- The connotation of prostitution is worse than women who decided that the noble thing is to get married and enslave their body to one man. (This only happens when he man abuses his wife for sexual favours, in the threat of leaving/cheating/etc)

I certainly still walk on that line where I ask myself, "is prostitution bad?" Yes the connotation is near to disgust - related to poverty. However, some might say it's sexual freedom for women - they choose to become prostitutes and at the end of the day, the choice is in their hands.

I also thought about how sex is a common thing in today's world. Meanwhile prostitutes get money, how about the average jane that jumps from one man to another before she gets married? Isn't that just pure disadvantage for the average Jane to sleep with her current partner (boyfriend/fling/etc) without being paid?

One of the points I have to agree with in this book is:

- Patriarchal society has introduced class amongst women; you are either his FIRST lady (ownership) or a prostitute, the one satisfying his sexual needs with no commitments. And instead of being a strong united front against patriarchy, women enjoy calling another woman a whore when they are in position of ownership (FIRST lady).

Again, I haven't given much thought to it, but it definitely woke my mind from a long sleep.

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Read R.Valentina's Pelacur vs His First Lady on the cab ride back to town. The writer is one of my mother's dearest friend, and a recent role model of mine.

Had some interesting points:

- On women being forced to please their husbands, JUST SO they will not run to prostitutes to fulfill their sexual needs.
- Prostitutes are seen as 'renting' out their body for the purpose of their work.
- The connotation of prostitution is worse than women who decided that the noble thing is to get married and enslave their body to one man. (This only happens when he man abuses his wife for sexual favours, in the threat of leaving/cheating/etc)

I certainly still walk on that line where I ask myself, "is prostitution bad?" Yes the connotation is near to disgust - related to poverty. However, some might say it's sexual freedom for women - they choose to become prostitutes and at the end of the day, the choice is in their hands.

I also thought about how sex is a common thing in today's world. Meanwhile prostitutes get money, how about the average jane that jumps from one man to another before she gets married? Isn't that just pure disadvantage for the average Jane to sleep with her current partner (boyfriend/fling/etc) without being paid?

One of the points I have to agree with in this book is:

- Patriarchal society has introduced class amongst women; you are either his FIRST lady (ownership) or a prostitute, the one satisfying his sexual needs with no commitments. And instead of being a strong united front against patriarchy, women enjoy calling another woman a whore when they are in position of ownership (FIRST lady).

Again, I haven't given much thought to it, but it definitely woke my mind from a long sleep.