War stress wears out prostitutes

AAP ^ | 5/1/02 | Liza Kappelle

[Ranger]

PERTH prostitutes were reeling from exhaustion following an influx of United States sailors stressed from a stint in a war zone, a well-known madam said today.

Mary-Anne Kenworthy said she was forced to close the doors of her famous Langtrees brothel for only the third time ever yesterday because her prostitutes were so worn out they could no longer provide a quality service.

When she realised the sex workers just couldn't cope any more she closed Langtrees doors for a day rather than risk the brothel's reputation.

"We're the biggest and the best, I'd rather take nothing than offer a poor service," Ms Kenworthy said.

Langtrees did a week's business in just three days after 5500 American sailors disembarked in Fremantle on Sunday, many of them stressed from their encounter with war, she said.

Three US warships – the aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis, the guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal and the fast combat support ship USS Bridge – were returning from taking part in the war against terror.

"A lot of it was stres. They'd been in the war zone," Ms Kenworthy said.

"And they were a lot more agitated sexually because they'd been at sea too long.

"All the sex workers in Perth would have been exhausted."

Ms Kenworthy said she had to close the doors when she realised some sex workers were taking money when they were not up to the job.

"The girls were starting to refuse to have sex but still wanted money just for taking their clothes off."

Ms Kenworthy said she wished the US sailors would arrive in smaller numbers.

"I just wish they could dribble-feed the Yanks in, fly a thousand off at a time," she said.

"We usually find the Yanks are hard work but lots of fun, this time they needed the company too."

Ms Kenworthy said the last time she closed the brothel's doors was on December 31, 1999 so the girls could party.

AAP

[monday]

"I wasn't aware that you could have a relationship with either one."

Call it whatever you like. They are both substitutes for the real thing. You prefer your hand, I prefer women. We have a difference of opnion.

[shaggy eel]

I wasn't aware that you could have a relationship with either one.

,,, what's your hand been telling you?

[Scuttlebutt]

Do you mind if I ping you?

[Just another Joe]

They are both substitutes for the real thing.

And that's the thing in a nutshell right there.
I would rather wait for the real thing than accept ANY substitute.

[Scuttlebutt]

Do you realize how demoralizing it is when you catch your shipmate sleeping with your black sock?

[Just another Joe]

what's your hand been telling you?

If my hand is telling me ANYTHING I've gone from being a functional psychopath to being a real psychotic. ;^)

[Just another Joe]

Do you realize how demoralizing it is when you catch your shipmate sleeping with your black sock?

If my shipmate is sleeping with MY black sock then THEY are a real psychotic. ;^)

[monday]

"I would rather wait for the real thing than accept ANY substitute."

So you have changed your mind? This is what you said on post #67.

" Shoot, beatin it is better than goin' to some whore and payin' her for sex."

[shaggy eel]

Do you realize how demoralizing it is when you catch your shipmate sleeping with your black sock?

ROTFLMAO Brilliant!!! Love it!

[metesky]

Welcome to Langtrees

[Stone Mountain]

No, paying a visit to a whore is what is pathetic. And dangerous.

I'm not sure what the health standards are in Perth, but in Nevada, there has never been a case where a (legal) prostitute has given a client an STD. Not one. This is because the owners of the brothels know that they will be held legally responsible if a client gets a disease, so they are extremely careful. Paying a visit to a hooker may or may not be pathetic - that's a value judgement - but it certainly doesn't have to be dangerous.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Do you realize how demoralizing it is when you catch your shipmate sleeping with your black sock?

He'd better get his own damn 'patrol sock'.

[StolarStorm]

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

[Arthur McGowan]

You realize, of course, that being in favor of fornication and prostitution puts you at odds with the entire 5,000-year tradition of Western Civilization.

[Lord_Baltar]

You realize, of course, that being in favor of fornication and prostitution puts you at odds with the entire 5,000-year tradition of Western Civilization.

5000 year Tradition? Huh? You care to rephrase that timetable there?

It's hard to tell sometimes whether the Puritians around here are being serious, or if they are simply posting to amuse.

[Arthur McGowan]

I'm not indignant about the sailors. I'm disgusted by the cheering from the sidelines, the nudge-nudge, wink-wink attitude, and especially the notion that hiring whores has something to do with masculinity--other than being the negation of masculinity.

[monday]

"You realize, of course, that being in favor of fornication and prostitution puts you at odds with the entire 5,000-year tradition of Western Civilization."

LOL.... thats a good one!!!!!!!!

Yep, no such thing as fornication and prostitution in the history of Western Civilization!!!

At any rate I don't think that was his point at all. One can be against it and still be for the soldiers and sailors who indulge in it.

[shaggy eel]

You realize, of course, that being in favor of fornication and prostitution puts you at odds with the entire 5,000-year tradition of Western Civilization.

,,, have you heard it's the oldest profession? In pointing this out, I'm not speaking in support of it.

[StolarStorm]

It's got to be a joke. Fornication and prostitution have always been deeply ingrained in Western culture .... now and in the far past. We just talk more openly about such topics now.

[Miss Antiwar]

I wonder what the sailor's wives would think of this story! Same old, same old!