Hookers, Strippers and Care Homes

Sex, who needs it?

This week it appears that it's residents in a care home in Eastbourne. A News Report in the Metro, claims that a manager in a care home in Eastbourne has been providing the residents with Strippers and Prostitutes and that this practice is still going on.

Now, I'm not sure what's most shocking about this whole event.  Is it, that people in care are like everyone else in their need for sex?  Is it that a care home manager is enabling people in their care to do something about it?  Is it that the media has picked up on the word "primeval" to identify our need for sex?  Is it that old people and disabled people are having sex?  Nope, for me, the shocking thing was that this was happening in Eastbourne!  I was always under the impression the youngest person in Eastbourne was about 85 and therefore I'm wondering how many strip clubs they have?

Is it exploitation of the women?

Well that depends on your point of view and also to some extent who the women are.  If the prostitutes are standing on street corners attempting to get a quick fix and are having to deal with pimps, disease and homelessness then yes.  However, as they are "phoning" for them, we will have to assume that they are not milling around on street corners.  How much are they paying them and how does it work?  Are these women actually expected to have sex, or when they get there can they say no? The question I'd also have to ask is that are people shocked because prostitution exists or that these particular prostitutes are doing what other people won't and having sex with people who are disabled and/or elderly?

Strippers btw rarely stand around on street corners due to lack of music to dance to, also I'm not sure who calls them strippers these days?

What exactly are they investigating and why?

This will be fascinating I feel.  Are East Sussex County Council investigating because they are "supposed to" or because they should?  Are they investigating an illegal act? or an immoral one?  If it is illegal, then I'm assuming the police will be involved, if it's a moral issue, then I'm assuming the investigating panel will all be quizzed about their sexual practices to ensure they stand on the moral high ground? 

Morality be damned

Let's be honest, if you've ever engaged in attending a lap dancing bar, watching porn, having sex in a public place where you might be seen (a criminal offence) hiring a prostitute (and clearly some people do otherwise no one would do it) or engaging in sex which is deemed to be immoral by the general population (swinging, having an affair, group sex etc) then I suspect you're going to struggle to maintain any credibility in giving a negative moral judgement in this particular case.  If you do, then I'd suggest it's not your morality that's offended, it's the fact that the clients are disabled.

My final question

If this was a hotel with businessmen in it or a residential establishment where people could phone and pay for the prostitutes for themselves then would anyone care, would their be an investigation and would the Metro have published an article about it?

My Final Thoughts

1. People have sex (otherwise there would be fewer of us).  
2. People have weird sexual practices compared to our own (which by the way are the only normal ones as far as we're concerned).  
3. People want sex, some more than others.  

Often people who are in care, disabled or otherwise don't have any way of dealing with these three items above and until we can find a way of doing that, then people need to dismount from their moral high horses, suck it up (so to speak) and move on.

Of course, if it turns out that this story doesn't give us the whole truth currently I am willing to revise my opinions!