As much as I’m a Freeper, heck I was at rallies carrying signs in November of 2000; I’m skeptical of the assumed blame.
If she went to a hotel room to give a theraputic massage, she should not be charging $500. The amount is a subliminal message; subliminal - but still a message that set expectations. If she went there for $125; no such message and probably no story.
Of course Al Gore was stupid for not arranging activities for an agreed price in the first place. To have these morals and this level of stupidity this close to the top? Well come to think of it. Nevermind.
Maybe it's an ultra pricey hotel, and the fees are set by the management.
Another good Freeper falls victim to price control mythology .(Kidding ,joke,lame joke) (no hate intended kind of joke) .
Think about it for a second, how much would you have to be paid to massage Al Gore?
I agree but rape is rape and assault is assault. The price of the service does not absolve Algore.
The real issue here is Algore's buffoonery. Yes, 99% of the masseuses gave in, willingly. But he'd become so besotted with his own grandeur that he didn't figure even one of the gals would object. Getting angry, forcing himself on her -- these are signs of terrible character and crimes. If Algore was expert in matters such as this, he would've known how to discern when the masseuse was unwilling and after a single overture, given up.
So, Tiger Woods slept around with loose women and got exposed and ruined. Eliot Spitzer paid for expensive hookers and got exposed and ruined. Algore diddles groupies and massage therapists and gets exposed and ruined. [I fully expect there will be more revelations.] Looks like a famous man can't get any nookie from sl-ts, whores, groupies, or masseuses.
Lesson? Marry well and focus your loving energies on your wife. Keep your marriage vows.
Typically a theraputic massage runs $1/minute (maybe even more) and that is when you go TO a center.
120 minutes PLUS travelling to the client/patient drives the price up. And you can get a $5 haircut or an $80 haircut and no one claims anything “sexual” is suggested just because you are paying 40 times as much.