The oldest profession

My daughter is watching a TV series featuring underage prostitution. I do look forward to a question about the grey areas with her. This is an issue that I have discussed in the past, and there are blurred lines between what is acceptable to society and what is not. 

Let me be clear from the beginning. No person should be forced into sex work and those in it should be offered the help to leave it as well as help to address any addiction issues they may have.

But there are those for whom working in this or related areas has been a positive choice. I have even met one of them, though most of those who I have cared for had left it (one was in it to fund her then drug habit). The one who was still working in it appeared to be a good mother, but she had housing issues which I suspect may have been related to her line of work and the alcohol issues she later came out as still having (which I suspect helped her cope with her job).  Needless to say, I suspect there have been many others who I have looked after who I was or am unaware worked in this role.

The grey line is when relationships or marriage is involved. Does having a sugar daddy mean that you are a sex worker? How about if you marry one? Caroline Aherne, in the guise of Mrs Merton, opened an interview with Debbie McGee, the partner of magician Paul Daniels, with the query: "So what attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?" We can see similar issues now with Melania Trump and her husband, many wondering what attracted the foreign born model to the (then twice married) millionaire Donald Trump.  The reason that I bring her up is that Stormy Daniels is often called a prostitute for having had sex with Donald Trump, but Melania, who many see as marrying for money, is not considered to be a sex worker herself by most.

There are those who call for a ban on prostitution, this has consequences for those working in that field, just as it does on other areas of sex work.

I do have concerns that this can demean women in the eyes of some men, but I suspect many of those men would not have much respect for women. I have one patient who has found it hard to have a relationship due to his behavioural issues. I do think that seeing sex workers is going to make it much harder for him to find the love that he craves, but is meets his desire to have sex. He has had issues with getting attached to some of the women he pays for due to his need for love. The bottom line is that I would rather he paid for sex rather than raped a woman to satisfy his primal urges. He is not alone, there are many men who are going to find it much harder to find love. It is really right to forbid them from ever having sex so long as this can be done in an ethical way? 

The only 3 points Arsenal are going to get next week is if Suella Braverman drives the team bus back to London.

I was hoping any dropped points would happen later in the season. Not at home against a side reduced to ten men though. 

While have stated that I do not think that Arsenal are likely to win the title this season, keeping the dream alive for longer would have been nice.

I watched the highlights, and I guess the mistake at the start affected the side, as going a goal behind so early changes how the game is played. But it was two points dropped at home and it should not have happened.

Man Ure will be looking forward to the game with us next month… 

Back at home

We are back at home. I was a bit too tipsy to post on our last day in Rhodes after I drank a whole bottle of wine.  My wife, daughter and I, had spent the morning at the beach, but I returned to our room just before two, to have lunch in the restaurant with my son. In the evening we had a meal in one of the hotel restaurants, this being a pizza restaurant. They made good American pizza’s, but I much prefer Italian ones which have a thinner crust and base.  This also meant that we missed out on Casino night as I decided to power nap and my son decided not to gamble. 

Our day travelling to the UK was uneventful apart from me forgetting to claim VAT back on purchases until after we had gone through passport control.

My son and I started to watch Ashoka, but we were both too tired to continue this and had to retire to bed. Hopefully we will get to watch it together again. I do wonder where all the people trained in the force hid during the rule of the Empire. It was bad enough with how Snoke came to be about in the poorly written sequel films (episodes vii-x). Now there are more Jedi? 

Also, we now have Leia back. She was ecstatic to see us when we got her from the dog sitter. I got in trouble for taking treats with me but she has been for a short walk with me and a longer one with my daughter. I also have had a nap today and she has slept with me, but has woken me up each time she has decided to jump off the bed to see what the other family members are up to.

Day eleven on Rhodes

Tomorrow is our last full day on Rhodes. I am going to miss it. My wife and son went with me to Rhodes were we went on a city tour, had an amazing lunch. The pick up and drop off point for the tour was at the cafe, which is where we rested before and after the tour.

The heat in the town was oppressive but the sights were impressive. My son and wife shopped and on getting back I cooled off with a swim in the ocean. My daughter found a school of fish, a sea snail and a crab using my goggles.

Back at the room, my son pushed me in the pool which was appreciated as I needed to wash the salt off me while my daughter showered first.

Tomorrow the plan is to relax for our last day and I guess do some preparatory packing. While there have been annoyances staying here, overall, it has been a great holiday.

Innocent until proven guilty

 Recently, Mason Greenwood has been allowed to leave ManUre, basically because of what he did to his partner. 

It turns out that the team had wanted to keep him, but it appears that a whistleblower did the right thing and exposed this.

Based on the premise of innocent until proven guilty, he is innocent of the charges he faced. But the video that has been widely shared seems to indicate otherwise. I am glad that the right thing has been done as actions should have consequences, and if he was allowed to continue playing football for ManUre, that would have sent the wrong message to those engaging in domestic violence.

Day ten on Rhodes

 

Today has not been the best of days, but it did have high points, and example of this was swimming with my daughter in a very calm sea.

However, we have not had decent access to WiFi for the last few days. I have spoken to people and they have given us the excuse that too many people are using it. It would make sense if this was when Framissima was holding events close to us, but this has been an issue in the early hours of the morning, and the WiFi works perfectly near reception.

Also we have a mouse. I mentioned this yesterday, it was not sorted and my wife today was told that we had been offered and declined the option to change rooms yesterday. This was not offered to us yesterday, but we did take them up on the offer, only to change our minds when we saw the alternative room. Basically we would prefer to have a mouse than a room that smells of damp and has a carpet so stained that my wife and daughter would not walk barefoot on.

But things are calmer now. I do love the setting of this place and the staff at the bars and restaurants as well as the cleaners have been lovely. The staff in reception will get an interesting review when we leave… 

Day nine on Rhodes

 

What a full day. We hired a car and went first of all to The Valley of Butterflies. My wife waited in the car having no interest in seeing it, but it was amazing. We went right to the top, out of the valley into the heat where I became the Lord of Flies.

After this, it was a long anticipated drive to Lindos where my son and I climbed up to see the acropolis. What an amazing place but doing so did tire me out, hence me going to bed early now. I am surprised that he had so much energy, but he has rested a lot more than me.