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1 " Gay rights aren't predicated on being born gay or having the right gene. Gay rights are predicated on having choice and consent. If you're a man and you can find another man that consents to have sex with you, it's the consent that gives you the right to have sex with him. Genetics are irrelevant when it comes to sexual rights. Just as gay rights are based on choice and consent, so are prostitution rights. All sexual rights are based on choice and consent. "
― Chester Brown , Paying for It
2 " A nice fire inside—surrounded by your loved ones. What could be nicer? You do love me, don't you Chester? It's okay. I know you love us even if you can't say you do. But why can't you say it? Please Chester—tell me you love me. I'm your mother—if you can't love me, who can you love? "
― Chester Brown , I Never Liked You
3 " I've never done it before—I don't like doing things I've never done before. "
4 " You're spoiled—that's all—just spoiled. Life must be great for you—do nothing and let someone else do everything. "
5 " Yes, I know. You don't understand—I love you because of what you did, not despite it. "
― Chester Brown , Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus: Prostitution and Religious Obedience in the Bible
6 " In his disobedience, your brother is alive. You, in your resentful subservience, are dead. Do you think God wants mindless worshippers who can only follow instructions? "
7 " Why do you fear touching the earth? Does not the concrete separate you from it enough? "
8 " Uriah is a good soldier—but a poor husband. He's not interested in spending time in bed with me. He'd rather be with his army friends. If my husband won't satisfy my needs, I have a right to have them satisfied by someone else. "
9 " Judas. It's none of your business how other people spend their money. "
10 " Judas. It's none of your business how other people spend their money. Mary bought this expensive nard as an expression of her love. That love will be remembered for thousands of years. "
11 " Feminists have accepted that choice is possible when it comes to a different, difficult subject: abortion. The feminist position (and I agree with it) is that women own their bodies and therefore each woman has the right to choose to get an abortion if she gets pregnant. This is called being "pro-choice". Feminists should be consistent on the subject of choice. If a woman has the right to choose to have an abortion, she should also have the right to choose to have sex for money. It's her body; it's her right. "
12 " Boys—I think you're old enough now that I can talk about—certain topics with you. You know, most men expect a woman's body to look a certain way and not all of them do look that way. So sometimes a woman has to do something that will change her appearance so that she'll be accepted by the people around her. People expect a woman's breasts to be a certain size and mine aren't that size. They're smaller. So I wear a padded brassiere—it makes it look like my breasts are the size that most women's are. "
13 " Our culture pushes this idea that romantic love is somehow more significant than other forms of love. "
― Chester Brown
14 " A klienti bývají málokdy násilníci. Možná je víc násilí v bytech zamilovaných dvojic než v těch, kde pracují prostitutky. "
15 " Věřil jsem v romantickou lásku, protože moje kultura mi to vštípila a protože v ni věřili všichni kolem. "
16 " Ale tobě nemoci nevadí, využíváš je jen jako záminku k regulaci prostituce. "
17 " Jak říkám, romantická láska existovala i dřív než v 12. století, ale neidealizovala se a příběh Parida a Heleny je skvělý příklad. Láska jim přinesla jen prchavé štěstí, ale celkově to byla katastrofa. "
18 " Feministky přistoupily na to, že volba je možná, pokud jde o jiný sporný problém: potrat. Staví se k němu tak, že ženy vlastní svá těla a každá těhotná žena má tudíž právo rozhodnout se jít na potrat. Feministky by měly být v tomhle ohledu důsledné. Pokud má žena právo zvolit si potrat, měla by mít i právo rozhodnout se pro placený sex. "
