The term "whorehouse" is so 19th century...

[pearl pleaser]

Hey everyone,

A friend and I were watching TV the other day and someone referred to a brothel as a "whorehouse."

We were a little surprised, for two reasons - how outdated the term was and the fact that it adds a note of disrespect in describing the workers of the world's second oldest profession.

I'm thinking there are many better descriptors - brothel or bordello, of course, cathouse, bawdy house - and my favorite from Paris, describing French military brothels, in existence as recently as the 1990s, as " la boîte à bonbons"  - its literal translation: box of candy.

Anyway, I'm sure you all agree that this is a highly respectable profession - we're all like-minded folk on here - what is your favorite, respectable term for a place like The Mustang Ranch?

[Rickwild1]

I generally just call them ranches. Sometimes i use brothel.

[Shay]

I agree!!! Usually when someone uses "whorehouse" there's a tone of disrespect...I prefer brothel. 😘

[lumberjack0306]

Brothels  or ranches

[Michael j.]

Still, I have to chuckle when I think of T-shirt I saw being worn at an airshow that read:   Don't Tell Mom I'm Pilot, She Thinks I Play Piano In A Whorehouse"

[Ayana]

Thank You For setting the record straight. We truly appreciate it

[Morgan]

Props to pearl pleaser "claps" we appreciate the way you think!!

[johann]

I'm 100% in agreement with this - we have Victorian "morality" to blame for the current attitudes to prostitution.  Even after 150 years or so, we are just starting to once again realize that there's nothing actually wrong with it.

That said, I would only use the term Brothel, even to me it's a little disrespectful to refer to The Mustang Ranch as a "cathouse".

Likewise, my preferred term for the Ladies is to call them Courtesans, again that's a measure of the respect that I have for the Ladies that work at The Mustang Ranch.

[lumberjack0306]

Well put  Johann 

[clevelandbrowns01]

"Even after 150 years or so, we are just starting to once again realize that there's nothing actually wrong with it."      I'm not sure people are "starting to once again realize it."   Honestly, I was shocked after the Lamar Odom fiasco at a southern Nevada brothel that there wasn't more talk of making it completely illegal in Nevada. 
 
Unfortunately, there is at least 50% of the population that it will be hard to ever convince in significant amounts that this business is safe and reputable.

[RachelVarga]

I think my opinion on this is pretty well known. I absolutely hate the word whore. It is degrading to womenl.

We are not whores and we don't work in a whorehouse! We are human beings and should be treated with dignity and respect. We are women that work in a brothel. We are fearless.

I am proud to work there, I am proud of the other girls that work with me. So I'll be damned if anyone is going to call us whores or say we work in a whore house.

[Michael j.]

There was once a lady at (the then) Wild Horse named Scarlett, aka Scarlett Red.  She once appeared in some adult films, and a fan penned this little ditty:  Scarlett the Harlot, the Red-Headed Babe, Scarlett the Starlet We Love to Adore.  Opinion seemed equally divided as to whether or not this was insulted or amusing.

[RachelVarga]

There was once a lady at (the then) Wild Horse named Scarlett, aka Scarlett Red.  She once appeared in some adult films, and a fan penned this little ditty:  Scarlett the Harlot, the Red-Headed Babe, Scarlett the Starlet We Love to Adore.  Opinion seemed equally divided as to whether or not this was insulted or amusing.

Personally I wouldn't find it funny but if it was 5 or 10 years ago it was used a lot but opinions on the term whore have changed considerably in the last few years. I have fought this battle on the other board and posted about it on my site.

[Rickwild1]

There was once a lady at (the then) Wild Horse named Scarlett, aka Scarlett Red.  She once appeared in some adult films, and a fan penned this little ditty:  Scarlett the Harlot, the Red-Headed Whore, Scarlett the Starlet We Love to Adore.  Opinion seemed equally divided as to whether or not this was insulted or amusing.

Personally I wouldn't find it funny but if it was 5 or 10 years ago it was used a lot but opinions on the term whore have changed considerably in the last few years. I have fought this battle on the other board and posted about it on my site.

My whole take on guys who talk to or about girls that way is its just they have that kind of attitude toward women in general. If a guy is ok with calling a woman a whore it's not gonna matter if she works in a brothel or a church. That's just his general attitude toward women. You either respect women or you don't.

But I don't think any ladies should ever even bother to give that a second thought. If a dude is willing to talk about a girl like that it says a lot about him and nothing really about her.

A lot of life is about perspective. People see things how they want to see them... People either have a good positive attitude about things or they don't.

[Silverado]

I agree with the sentiment expressed here. The term "whore" does not give the ladies the respect they deserve.

I actually like to think of the ranch as an adult spa, with the ladies being sex therapists that are particularly well qualified to help me with my sexual inadequacies!