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Love Languages, Feminists in Romantic Relationships & Prostitution [View all]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002152959So it's been brought up that in Illinois a woman can bill her husband for sex. . . And they snort snort chuckle chuckle.
Ahem - so has anyone here read the Five Love Languages? Or any books on Master Conflicts in romantic relationships?
In my case - a loving relationship - my fiance has two primary love languages. Acts of Service and Gifts. My primary love relationship is 'discussion/talking/listening'. He shows his love for EVERYONE via gifts and acts of service.
Example - I do the majority of the cooking for us - and dare I say - I'm excellent! I'm also kind of anal retentive about how things are cleaned (say the bathrooms) so I'd prefer to do that so it's at my standard.
He in return is known for going out and replacing my shasta daisies that died with petunias (read flowers). He also replanted them. He does things like this often. And it's his 'thing' to purchase me a bouquet of flowers once a week.
Earlier that morning (petunias) - we had Morning Sex.
Did I prostitute myself because the husband/fiance/so in question gives gifts and brings his gift (generousity) to the table?
In our personal relationships - since we are having our personal marriages/long term relationships used to compare us to prostitutes . . . are we supposed to demand that a man NEVER purchase us anything? Lest we be perceived as giving him sex in return for that Twix bar from the convenience store?
Should I as a feminist demand that my lover, confidante, friend, and partner in crime SUPPRESS who he is at the very core in order to prevent the perception that he's behaving like a common seedy john?
I'm trying to get to the heart of the matter.
Are men who are NOT generous (basically selfish and miserly) the RIGHT men for feminists? Is that what I'm supposed to learn from the Wives/Girlfriends/Significant Others are Prostitutes Too memo?
Is that the IDEAL man in general. One who would rather anally rend and torture himself than having to 'pay his wife for sex' by purchasing a pint of half and half for her to place in her coffee in the morning . . . when he never touches coffee himself?
Reverse it - if the woman is the bread winner? Is her husband the guy in hung? Or is it ONLY when a woman accepts a gift in a loving relationship (even if that gift is a basic need - food, shelter, clothing) can one be a prostitute?
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JustAnotherGen
Jan 2012
OP
it is interesting how all this is manifesting and the number of women allowing themselves to be
seabeyond
Jan 2012
#1
it is just another saying we have given to men to chuckle at, to feel superior, to be dominant
seabeyond
Jan 2012
#5
VS use to be a company about empowering women their sexuality. i use to buy from them. it was fun.
seabeyond
Jan 2012
#7
I didn't know that Norway and Denmark had taken that step...It's wonderful!..n/t
whathehell
Jan 2012
#23