Did the 'Companion' thing ever bug you in Firefly?

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, February 15, 2010 8:15 PM

Nope it never bothered me. I think the show did a great job of visualising the profession in the future. But I must admit my take on it would have been similar to Mal's in that were I attracted to a woman who was a companion, and I wanted the relationship to go further, I would in all honesty want her to give up that profession first.

CHRISISALL

Monday, February 15, 2010 9:51 PM

What Somn said.

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:12 AM

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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Us women aren't used to having a purely physical act without any emotions involved, paying and walking away.

Not at all interested in professional service?

The laughing Chrisisall

BYTEMITE

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:00 AM

NCbrowncoat: FIRST male prostitute? I doubt it. Gigalos have been around almost as long. Think Ancient Greece, and maybe back to Babylon even.

First openly ADVERTISED male prostitute in a normally female brothel, maybe.

Women have needs much as anyone. Frankly, I'm not interested in sex OR relationships, but I don't believe for a second that women are somehow more "pure" in what they want. That's skirting the Victorian idea of the "fairer sex." I must reject it outright.

EDIT: looks like Chris got there first.

BYTEMITE

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:06 AM

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But I must admit my take on it would have been similar to Mal's in that were I attracted to a woman who was a companion, and I wanted the relationship to go further, I would in all honesty want her to give up that profession first.

Did he?

In The Message, he tells Inara that he doesn't want her to jeopardize her career helping him.

I think his problem is more that Inara goes off and has sex with other men, and it doesn't seem to him like she's ever going to be interested in HIM. Of course, we know better, but such is the Takahashi couple. Both have each other at arms length for their own reasons, and very little of it has to do with the other person's profession. That's just the easy scapegoat.

PIRATENEWS

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:12 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

Look, I feel that prostitution should be legal & regulated, but is the idea that it's a profession to be elevated to some "noble" & semi-spiritual service make any here cringe just a little bit?

The law and facts don't matter.

Just ask your wife what SHE thinks about it... and about you spending HER money on hookers.

Or how about if your daughter wanted to work that job... or your wife?

Legal or not, that's a hard sell for most folk.

If Mal married Inara... what if she continued as a companion? Great for blackmail (Mal's line of work), which is why so many cops and spies marry hookers. Side benefit for hooker hubbies, all the sex they can stand (or afford) with hookers not their wives... At least until their manparts fall off.

Patty Shultz: "Have you ever been duped?"
Castle: "I've been married twice..."

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:19 AM

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Originally posted by piratenews:

Or how about if your daughter wanted to work that job... or your wife?

Legal or not, that's a hard sell for most folk.

Yep.

The laughing Chrisisall

PIRATENEWS

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:24 AM

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Originally posted by mal4prez:

As for the sex-for-dinner thing, I can't believe that actually happens often, (outside Sex and the City episodes) nor do I think it's prostitution when it does. What, you think the woman wouldn't be able to afford dinner otherwise? Or that a woman shouldn't act on an urge (yes, woman have those) simply because it's a common ritual for the man to buy dinner?

In my dating days I'd go 50-50 when possible. But some men were offended by that. Like opening doors - it seemed to make them feel good about themselves to treat me. Sometimes it was sweet, sometimes it was less so - when guys seemed to think I owed them in return. It was never stated, but sometimes the expectation was clearly there. That's just rude! To insist and buying dinner and then insist on payback... sheesh!

But not all women are empowered enough to say no in this situation. They're trained to think they have to do that payback, as men are trained to think the have to pay ahead. So... it's not at all prostitution, is what I'm saying.

ALL dates are job interviews for "prostitution". The key in both types is to not negotiate price for sex. Just agree on a price for something legal (dinner, movie, massage), plus a tip for a happy ending. This according to MANSWERS!!!

If no happy ending after a "tip", on to the next interviewee. Or go buy a real hooker, like Mal did.

Becket: "If you want a happy ending you're in the wrong place."
Castle: "Guess I'll have to try that massage parlor down on _________ ."

MAL4PREZ

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:29 AM

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Originally posted by piratenews:
ALL dates are job interviews for "prostitution".

Wow. What an interesting dating history you must have.

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NCBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:50 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Us women aren't used to having a purely physical act without any emotions involved, paying and walking away.

Not at all interested in professional service?

The laughing Chrisisall

Of course I meant first legal, advertised male prostitute.

Saw the movie about 5 times in a row when I was a freshman in college. I thought I was hot stuff seeing an R rated movie as my parents wouldn't let me see an R rated movie at home. This was in 1978 mind you.

I also wasted no time in seeing Frank Langella as Dracula and multiple showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

What can I say. I'm from a small town in the South and the liberal university town of Chapel Hill, NC corrupted me.

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