> J A 'Dusty' Sayers wrote:
> >> I would expect to get more women visiting brothels in Dragaera
> >> because
> >> they don't seem to have the same repressive/guilt based religious
> >> historical background that you get in RL (and accidental pregnancy
> >> doesn't seem to be a problem).
> >
> > That was actually sort of my guess as well--there's certainly a
> > different attitude towards sex roles and sexual relations in Dragaera
> > than there is in, say, East Tennessee.
>
> Hey. *I* live in East Tennessee and have a very liberal attitude,
> thankyouverymuch. As a generalization, though, you are probably correct (I
> don't actually know since I've only been here two weeks). Actually relating to
> the Dragaeran attitude, I seem to recall in _Teckla_ Vlad said that Dragaerans
> don't consider prostitution to be a bad thing, or something similar.
Well, I live in East Tennessee and have a fairly conservative attitude
(thankyouverymuch), but I still like (most*) liberals. I was just using my own
home, with its stereotypes, good and bad, as a counterexample to Dragaera.
Prostitution is generally considered a bad thing here, regardless of sexual
orientation, but females using prostitutes is probably frowned on even more than
men using them (while in Dragaera, if there is any stigma in hiring a prostitute
or visiting a brothel, it's probaly equal for men and women--the double standard
seems much less pronounced, if it exists at all).
I hope you enjoy East Tennessee, and if there's anything a native of the area can
do to help you out (particularly if you live in the Tri-Cities area of Upper East
Tennessee (regionalism can never be taken too far)), be sure to let me know.
*For that matter, I don't like all conservatives, either.
--
J A Dusty Sayers
'Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be
of heavy hearts. Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery
no more.'
-- Proverbs 31:6-7