- makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish4 months
There’s a documentary on these 2 Dutch sisters in their 70s who have been in the game for over 100 years between them. So they’re probably up there:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2012/sep/17/oldest-prostitutes-amsterdam-70-twins
- 4 months
Well there’s Caroline Lacroix.
She was a prostitute that caught the eye of King Leopold II, you know, the Belgian Congo guy. He ended up leaving her a pretty large portion of his blood money.
- 4 months
I think you could also make a strong argument for Zheng Yi Sao, basically seduced a pirate king and took over his fleet and became the most powerful pirate of all time.
- 4 months
Also, Lola Montez, who nearly brought down the bavarian monarchy.
Her ability to manipulate the king was so great that the Minister of State, Karl von Abel, was dismissed because he and his entire cabinet had objected to her being granted Bavarian nationality and the title of countess. The students at Munich University were divided in their sympathies, and conflicts arose shortly before the outbreak of the revolutions of 1848, which led the king, at Montez’s insistence, to close the university.
Also, she is the subject of a great song by Volbeat
- 4 months
Haha are you trolling me? That’s literally my favorite song, I posted about it just a couple days ago.
- 4 months
Well I mean she’s not a goat at being a prostitute she’s a goat at being a pirate Queen.
- Tiger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish4 months
You could measure by how far it got you in life, so by some measures Melania could be considered a winner in that class. (First Lady, 40 million for a documentary, etc) I think she’s deplorable though.
- 4 months
If it’s a business theyre keeping track. Data just isnt public or consolidated.
- ViscloReader@lemmy.worldEnglish4 months
Nah I don’t think this buffoon is good at anything. Especially sex
- 4 months
Say sex worker instead of prostitute, and also people absolutely do rate and review sex workers, it’s not exactly what you mean, but the review books and websites can trace their roots back to the late 1800s
unsurprisingly this thread reeks, the culture here is not as progressive and woke as people constantly whine about
- 4 months
I ask myself sometimes: if we use a new word for “something” what does change? …surely there are words that were intended as insults from beginning on. But some words just become insults again if we switch the naming because the concept behind it is an insult rooted in soceiety no?. for example: 1980 “your mother is a whore” ,dont say whore its insulting say prostitute… 2000 “your mother is a prostitute” dont say that… 2026 “yo mama is a sex worker” … no matter how often we name it, the concept is causing it to end up as insult.
maybe a bad example here but anyways
4 monthsA better question is what stats would you keep if they were kept?
