Pleasure Practitioners, aka Sex Workers: The Unconventional Therapists
I know I might catch hell for this one, but if you’re open and willing, hear me out. We’re all too familiar with the conversations surrounding sex work and sex workers (whom I like to call pleasure practitioners), but for context, I’ll revisit.
Considered the oldest profession known to humankind, sex work lives in the land of fantasy and discretion. Carnal appetites get glutted without judgment and our desires met with open arms. No matter where a person lands on the spectrum of the profession, it is here for those brave enough to indulge.
At least that’s how I see it.
I’m reminded of the old temples of the Goddess where the Sacred Whores dwell. Men traveled across distant lands to seek their sweetness. The goal of the Sacred Whore: restore balance. Whether we interpret the binary as masculine and feminine, light and dark, prude or kink — Sacred Whores were there to receive the offerings of orgasms and secrets for the Goddess and send ravishingly indulgent men back to their families satiated — their chaos strategically at bay.
Women of the temple mastered the true art of seduction. The ease of intimacy and safety. Holding the keys to physical pleasure and unlocking their guests with care. Whether a Sacred Whore truly loved her guest, none of it…
