On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 03:43:40PM -0700, Philip Hart wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 jetdragon at comcast.net wrote: > > > 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). > > It seems to me there may simply be biological aspects to women's sexuality > - say slower arousal or less automatic sexual respose - that might lead to > fewer female customers in brothels despite complete social equality > between men and women. And note that there is still some residual > chivalry apparent in the Paarfiad - e.g., women can chastise servants. Hmm. If I lived in a society that had professional brothels, and could afford them, and didn't have any partners at the time, the fact that I am female and it takes me about ten minutes to get aroused, like any other woman, would not have any effect on my decision to patronize an establishment. But that's just me. ;) As far as differences in libido, I am under the impression that women in their early to late 30's experience a peak in sex drive that is comparable to the one that men experience from puberty until, what, mid-20's? So at any given time, assuming Dragaeran biology is similar, you're going to have segments of both the male and female populations who have the drive to seek a brothel. Such is my speculation, at least. Anon, Kat