tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159504082744287705.post5892411399773696373..comments2023-09-14T15:53:48.793-04:00Comments on Isabella's Project Diary: Green & Yellow & CourtesansIsabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159504082744287705.post-14760757636022663822018-02-01T02:08:41.181-05:002018-02-01T02:08:41.181-05:00I probably should add that, either way, it doesn&#...I probably should add that, either way, it doesn't really matter. Green as a symbol of love does work for the courtesans - the idea that people don't mistake love and lust all the time is laughable. They do now, they did back then. Wearing green, the promise of love, is a neat lure to pull in clients. Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159504082744287705.post-11046363131882039662018-02-01T02:04:12.699-05:002018-02-01T02:04:12.699-05:00Not really. The courtesan was a respected prostit...Not really. The courtesan was a respected prostitute but the courtesans weren't all about sex - they were more the equivalent of the Japanese Geisha but with the sex added to the bargain if you paid. <br /><br />However, unlike prostitutes, the courtesans could get a good education, choose their clients, and hold titles. Many courtesans were married - their clients had to be of a higher status than the courtesan was in case of any children. The truth is, any children any woman bore at that time were legally the "property" of her husband - courtesan or not. <br /><br />You might be interested in the works of Veronica Franco, a 16th C Courtesan in Venice. http://dornsife.usc.edu/veronica-franco/poems-and-letters/ <br /><br />You seem to be confusing modern human trafficking practices with an actual choice some woman made in order to get an education as well as have freedom of movement. We can't superimpose our modern value system on those of the past - as popular as that is to do now. It's like superimposing your knowledge and believes now on that of a five year old and expecting them to behave like you. As humans, we have grown - and we do stumble sometimes as well. Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159504082744287705.post-57352059114600892712018-01-31T23:58:09.645-05:002018-01-31T23:58:09.645-05:00I can't believe people celebrate the courtesan...I can't believe people celebrate the courtesan profession. They were "respected" prostitutes, but prostitutes nonetheless. They didn't do this because they wanted to. They did this because they had to make the best of their situation. Ultimately they were just sex dolls with feelings, used by noblemen like property, not people. Any children they bore weren't really their own. The symbol of love does *not* make sense in the context of a courtesan. There was never love, just baseless lust. I can't stand idiots who romanticist something that was forced upon them. They were dressed up slaves who couldn't change their position. ScarletBloodBanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466779339349061175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159504082744287705.post-37714397449076917882014-02-03T15:32:00.124-05:002014-02-03T15:32:00.124-05:00She was quite the lady. It's now believed tha...She was quite the lady. It's now believed that she might have had some form of mental illness prior to meeting Jesus and she wasn't a prostitute. However, in the early Church history, she was confused with the prostitute who poured a jar of perfume on Jesus' head and cried at his feet. Hence, why Mary Magdalen is often shown with a jar of perfume. :-)<br />Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159504082744287705.post-81165876257854589282014-02-03T14:51:55.404-05:002014-02-03T14:51:55.404-05:00that was super interesting. I've never heard t...that was super interesting. I've never heard that before. My Saints day is Mary Magdeline, and even though Im not Catholic I've always been kind of fascinated by her. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00743696158454339015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159504082744287705.post-66388027894123004342014-02-03T13:06:33.877-05:002014-02-03T13:06:33.877-05:00Thanks!!! I've been playing with this idea f...Thanks!!! I've been playing with this idea for a couple of months and I figured it was about time to get my idea down on paper, so to speak. :-) Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159504082744287705.post-78745647954703799812014-02-03T12:14:07.671-05:002014-02-03T12:14:07.671-05:00This was a very illuminating read, thank you!This was a very illuminating read, thank you!Gabriela Salvadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959295963125836458noreply@blogger.com