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It's a cultural thing. Sex is considered sacred, and women who have sex for money, and the guys who patronize them, have always been looked down upon. To me, most relationships are transactional. There is no unconditional love involved... Often the unspoken contract between the two parties is sex for money.
For example: for 1000's of years, men have work outside the home at dangerous, terrible jobs that shorten their life span and waste their lives. Why? To gain money for the purpose of attracting and maintaining a mate, presumably for an intimate physical relationship. How is this different? The real difference is that the upkeep/overhead in this type of relationship is unlimited and sex is not even guaranteed, unlike prostitution where you pay once explicitly for sex.
That being said, I'm mature enough to have realized that real adult relationships aren't based solely on sex, and it's more about finding a life partner than anything.
I doubt very many people would agree that sex for money is even an UNSPOKEN component of their relationship.
It relies on several assumptions- one being that sex is a part of every relationship,
another being that the man de facto makes more and gives his money to his partner,
the third being that even where both are true,
one is the result of the other.
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