I am married to the idea that it’s day #3 of ‘The Prostitute’ series

The Dichotomy

Knowing who said this quote is essential to understanding it.  It was spoken by Jerry Falwell, the Fundamentalist preacher. I think he probably meant it jokingly, as a way of simply saying men should only have sex with their wives. But it brings up so many dichotomies of American culture in its Freudian underpinnings and it is so funny in imagining the scenarios that it’s just impossible to pass up as an literary object of contemplation.

The Good Husband and the Bad Wife

Men, it seems pretty simple – don’t have sex with a sex worker unless she also happens to be your wife.  In that case, it’s a good thing.  Of course, the fact that she is identified as a sex worker means she not only has sex outside of her marriage but she gets paid for it.  Basically the man is moral since he is only having sex with his wife, but the wife is immoral as are all the other men who she is having sex with since they obviously aren’t married to her.

The Good Wife and The Bad Husband

A question – What if the wife is the primary bread winner due to the high income she gets from her sex work?  Isn’t the husband just as morally guilty as the wife since he is condoning the prostitution because he knows they need her income?

How would you (or could you) deal with your wife (or husband) being a sex worker?

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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman

Quote by Jerry Falwell, Religion Worker, 1933 -2007

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Trivia answer of the day

If this list is the answer, what is the question?

1. Janet Gaynor 1928 – Street Angel
2. Helen Hayes 1931 – The Sin of Madelon Claudet
3. Donna Reed 1953 – From Here to Eternity
4. Jo Van Fleet 1955 – East of Eden
5. Susan Hayward 1958 – I Want to Live!
6. Shirley Jones 1960 – Elmer Gantry
7. Elizabeth Taylor 1960 – Butterfield 8
8. Jane Fonda 1971 – Klute
9. Mira Sorvino 1995 – Mighty Aphrodite
10. Kim Basinger 1997 – L.A. Confidential
11. Charlize Theron 2003 – Monster

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