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This Behavior Will Never End
Keep your hands off of my gorgeous behind. OK?
“Everywhere in the world, they hurt little girls” — Cersei Lannister, as told to Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones
I remember years ago, watching a documentary about the perils and rewards of being a female sex worker in the United States. The film showed footage of a wide range of working girls, including highly paid escorts, brothel workers, and “typical” street walkers.
In one of the clips, an attractive woman working in a brothel had taken a client back to a bedroom for paid sex. In the film you can clearly see and hear the man slapping her on the ass as they go about their business. I remember thinking that the slap was a bit much to be considered playful and that it must have hurt the poor girl.
After it was over, the shaken woman came out of the room crying and told the proprietor of the establishment to never let the client back. She said he mistreated the girls.
I’ll never forget how she put it. “He slapped me so hard, it left a mark. And he didn’t even ask permission first.”
On New Year’s Eve, my husband and I attended a party at a friend’s house. We watched the ball drop on TV and as midnight struck, we all raised our glasses and shouted the obligatory “Happy New Year!” Then we…
