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UK Brothel Revenue
In the UK brothel owners can make up to £1 million per annum, with women being sold for around £8,000 - over 42 times the average salary in the UK. What's your salary?...
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In 2005, the UK sex industry was worth an estimated £1 billion. Since then the growth has been exponential....
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How Prostitutes Die
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Child Prostitutes
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'Adult'-Film Industry
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Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight Their eyes meet, he gazes at her, she gazes at him, the violins soar, and they’re in love. It’s a magically romantic moment, and in some parts of the world (Hollywood, for instance), this occurrence is apparently extraordinarily commonplace. But what if this doesn’t happen to you? What if you don’t normally get followed around by a symphonic orchestra? What if you live in the real world (i.e. north, south, east or west of Hollywood)?...

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Their eyes meet, he gazes at her, she gazes at him, the violins soar, and they’re in love. It’s a magically romantic moment, and in some parts of the world (Hollywood, for instance), this occurrence is apparently extraordinarily commonplace. But what if this doesn’t happen to you? What if you don’t normally get followed around by a symphonic orchestra? What if you live in the real world (i.e. north, south, east or west of Hollywood)? What about “love at first sight” then?

To understand the idea of “love at first sight” we have to understand what real sexual love looks like. Real sexual love has a lot of different things going on in it – attraction, desire, passion, fascination, kindness, tenderness, care, thoughtfulness, responsibility, prioritising and doing what’s best for the person you love and for yourself… – and it’s all these different things going on together that makes real sexual love so satisfying and enjoyable.

That said, we can see that “love at first sight” isn’t really love. It’s more “attraction and desire at first sight.” Sure, attraction and desire are essential and exciting elements of real love, but they’re not the full story. The bigger question is: what happens next? Is this the beginning of a story of love and fulfilment, or the opening scene in a tragedy of lust and hurt?

Attraction and desire are a little like “raw materials” that a couple can take and build into a strong, intimate and lasting friendship that is grounded in kindness, care, responsibility, etc. But attraction and desire can also be acted upon without kindness, care or responsibility. They can be the occasion for lust, for using another person for pleasure or emotional satisfaction – a bad idea, because lust is going to strain the relationship, expose the couple to psychological, emotional and perhaps even physical harm, and waste the “raw materials” that could have been used for something so much better.

Conclusion: (with all due respect to Hollywood) “attraction and desire at first sight” if it happens is great - choose well, and it gets even better.

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