Not long ago I watched Programa do Jo, which is similar to Saturday night life. But instead of a person that should be similar to Brad Pitt or alike there was a young working Brazilian prostitute Vanessa de Oliveira. She was beautiful, sincere and animated. Her stories were engaging and humorous. They did not speak a word on the subject of morality. That was refreshing.
Vanessa de Oliveira has a website promoting her book. If you read Portuguese you can buy it on line. Can you image this happening in America? No. And it is not because prostitution is illegal everywhere but a few counties in Nevada. I can see one of the American militant moralists asking:” And you think it is good?” And I will say that in my eyes sincere prostitute is more of a person than any horny puritan defending moral health of nation while watching porn on the web and masturbating in his bathroom.
The other interesting news that is related to this issue was new cloth label Daspu (short for das purtas). Some prostitutes in Brazil decided to establish a label that would express their opinion. The label was a hit in Europe this summer. The product line so far is narrow but it is making news and appeals to some women (not only prostitutes). They make t-shirts with slogans like ”Lost women are most desirable” or “Good women go to heaven and bad ones go everywhere else”. They also see this label as campaign to bring their profession into main stream and make it socially respectable.
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