Annie Sprinkle Quotes

#1. Whores do sometimes break up with their johns.

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#2. I usually kissed my clients if they wanted to kiss. I thought it was just way too weird to say "no kissing allowed," That to me was uncomfortable.

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#3. I had this client I'll call Samuel. Not his real name. I saw him steadily for twenty years, usually twice a month. Over twenty years you really get to know someone.

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#4. People who have been prostitutes are ten times more willing to be johns than the average person. So, if you've been paid for sex you understand the value of that experience on some level.

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#5. It's a pity that there's such a negative connotation about paying for sex.

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#6. Whores have the ability to put up with behaviors other women would never manage to put up with. That's why we deserve to be generously compensated.

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#7. I had many clients who didn't respect me, probably because of how they were raised. We're all the walking wounded.

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#8. A lot of women I worked with didn't respect their clients. I had some clients who didn't respect me, but still you somehow made it work.

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#9. Feel free to cover your eyes at anything that might upset you

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#10. I've been putting out sexually explicit images of myself for years. I know this sounds bizarre, but somehow it makes me feel safer.

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#11. Blow jobs are okay, but kissing clients is still a taboo.

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#12. My johns adored and worshipped me, therefore they empowered me. When I was 18, 19, and 20, I had a poor self-image and needed attention. It's hard for people who haven't been prostitutes to imagine, but I think it's often true. There can be a very symbiotic relationship happening.

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#13. I don't think being obsessed with sex is any stranger than being obsessed with stamp collecting.

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#14. I had orgasms with clients, even though it was kind of a taboo at that time to admit it. Women weren't supposed to enjoy sex that much!

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