is a geisha reallya prostitute?
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"Geisha originated as skilled professional entertainers; originally most were male. While various ranks of professional courtesans provided sexual entertainment, geisha used their skills in traditional Japanese arts, music, dance, and storytelling. Town (machi) geisha worked freelance at parties outside the various pleasure quarters, while quarter (kuruwa) geisha entertained at parties within the pleasure quarters. As the artistic skills of high-ranking courtesans declined, the skills of the geisha, who were both male and female, became more in demand.\n\nMale geisha (sometimes known as hōkan) gradually began to decline, and by 1800 female geisha (originally known as onna geisha, literally woman geisha) outnumbered them by three to one, and the term "geisha" came to be understood as referring to skilled female entertainers, as it does today.\n\nTraditionally, geisha began their training at a very young age. Some girls were sold to geisha houses as children, and began their training in various traditional arts almost immediately.\n\nDuring their childhood, geisha sometimes worked first as maids or assistants to experienced geisha, and then as apprentice geisha (maiko) during their training. This tradition of training exists as well in other traditions in Japan, when a student lives at the home, starting out doing housework and assisting the master, and eventually himself or herself becoming a master.\n\nThere remains some confusion, particularly outside Japan, about the nature of the geisha profession. This issue has been complicated by Japanese prostitutes, particularly at onsen, who wish to co-opt the prestige of the geisha image by marketing themselves to tourists (both Japanese and non-Japanese) as "geisha," and by inaccurate depictions of geisha in Western popular culture, such as the novel and film Memoirs of a Geisha.\n\nTraditionally, geisha must remain unmarried (or retire upon their marriage), though it is not uncommon for them to have children. While geisha engagements often include flirting and even suggestive banter (albeit codified in traditional ways), they never involve sexual activity, and a geisha is not paid for sex, though an individual geisha may choose to engage in sexual relations with one of her patrons outside the context of her role as a geisha. And because such relations are related to the ability of a customer to pay for a geisha's traditional services, the argument can be made that this is just a convoluted form of prostitution.\n\nIt was also traditional for established geisha to take a danna, or patron. A danna was typically a wealthy man, sometimes married, who had the means to support the very large expenses related to a geisha's traditional training and other considerable costs. This sometimes occurs today as well.\n\nAlthough a geisha and her danna may be in love, the affair is customarily contingent upon the danna's ability to offer her financial support. The traditional conventions and values within such a relationship are very intricate and not well understood, even by many Japanese."\n\nOver all, they can have sex with anyone they want, but their virginity used to be auctioned off. Besides that, there's no sexual contact involved.
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Oh dear Lord. The first answer is that she was a prostitute. Apparently the Good Christian knew the answer without even needing to read the question.\n\nI'm not sure what movie you're asking about, so I can't really answer.\n\nBut for the record, the idea that Mary Madgalene was a prostitute came a few hundred years later. The Church Fathers engaged in frequent slander against women and against each other -- after listing all of the theological heresies of their rival Xians, they'd conclude with And furthermore, he was WOMEN FOLLOWERS!\n\nNow they pretty much ALL had women followers, in fact most of the ministry was supported by wealthy widows. Unfortunately, Xians got started with this holier than thou stuff real early in their history. And most of us grew up thinking that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.
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i think prostitution is overrated, if people wanna have sex and get paid way not. a women can have sex with many men and get nothing is considered a whore, but if the men throw her a few dollars, she is a prostitute, why? why give it up for free. my take is if a guy friend of mine want's to have sex with me and my light bill is due, and i don't have it, hey, why not, get the bill paid and feel good while doing it
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You love your partner so you want to become a prostitute? \n\nHuh? \n\nThat doesn't make any sence.
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My ex-girlfriend. Her name was Amie. I posted a Christian ad at the personals and she responded telling me everything I wanted to hear.  I looked at her profile and it looked as if she wrote it specifically to match everything I was looking for.  She posed as a Christians girl but after months of her lies being exposed, I found out she was a prostitute (luckily I wasnt having sex with her) which would explain why she was always getting drunk and grabbing at my "member".  I can honestly say I know how it feels for women to be sexually harrassed and "man-handled" all the time- this woman never stopped! Anyways after months of her trying we quit hanging out after some serious arguments- she called me 3-4 times a day to argue with me and hung up on me as soon as she got me angry- it was very hard to remain a Christian with her and even worse when we split up. I got tired of her calls and insults so the last time she hung up on me I called her and left a message and emailed her to tell her what a worthless piece of crap I thought she was- 2 days later I got served with a restraining order and ended up going to court in front of a judge she knew personally (probably a client) and he did not let me say one thing in my defense- so I have a restraining order on my record because someone who wouldnt leave ME alone, got mad when I responded to her insults. I NEVER went to her house or called her to harrass her, she did it to me! Needless to say I am not too happy with our legal system when an innocent person can be victimized so easily by a lunatic with the courts help. The story is much longer but I tried to shorten it up - but this was something I asked for, but found out later it was bad for me- Although, maybe what I was asking for would have been ok, if she wouldnt have been an imposter!?
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no it is not. who defined massage, and to what extent? is it an ISO/JS or international standard that states that one cannot massage the body privates, and sets boudaries??? of course not, hence, it is not prostitution. well actually, no one specified with what you can massage the body. so technically, you can have some one massage you with their ahem ahem u know what, until your ahem ahem u know what....\nlol. viva la resistance!!!
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they are called hookers for 20 bucks you going to get some scanky ones too. the company's are called pimp's "r" us. pros's you get laid cheaply, con's you get the gift of std for life
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We only know Mary Magdalena from the gospels. These are in short what they tell about her:\n- She's from Magdala\n- She is witness of Jesus' death, burial and resurrection (Mark 15, John 20), the first to meet Jesus after resurrection\n- 7 demons left her (luke 8).\nThe Bible do not identify her as the prostitute from Luke 7 (But she could be).\nAccording to the gnostic tradition she's a competitor to Peter and the one Jesus loves
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sex worker would be pretty bad
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Prostitutes have been abused growing up at home.  It seems like they already don't like themselves very much.  They know they can be murdered any time and they seem to still do it.  It's an issue of being stuck in a rotten life for them.  The money they make pays for the drugs they use to blank out their minds as to what they are doing to themselves.  There are some who get out of it.
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i just don't understand why is it so hard for people to accept that she was a prostitute .... that actually makes her grow bigger in my eyes - for having the guts to leave her bad way of life for something better - God
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I'm wondering if you are for real or not????\nIn any case If your wife is bed bound because of her weight how can she be prostituting, as most men who use prostitutes like to see what they are getting first.
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A prostitute is more associated with sex for sale whereas\na whore is often simply a woman of loose morals....
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Yes, someone who uses another person, in a relationship, for financial benefits, money, or for the partner to buy them things.  No, it's not another term for a prostitute, because some men (and women) are stupid like that, you don't have to sleep with them in order to get their money!\n\nIf I wasn't using someone, of course I would take this as an insult!
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Hooking is not a legal term so its hard to say. Legally although it varies from state to state The term "prostitution" generally means the commission by a person of any natural or unnatural sexual act, deviate sexual intercourse, or sexual contact for monetary consideration or other thing of value. \n\nGiven this definition, the only women who are not Prostitutes(including your MBA and the average Housewife) are those who have sex strictly for their own enjoyment and not to recieve anything in value.
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1-- is a prostitute.\n2-- is mean.
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I doubt it, people just like to talk. However, she did have a "promiscuous" life. I figure she probably just had a healthy sex life and saw no reason to hide it.