It has been said that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. Which is of course impossible, because that would make it the world’s first profession. And if that were true, prostitution at one point would have had to have been, the only profession.  Ridiculous!  I ain’t no anthrohistory scientist, but even I know that wombat testicle polishers were around way before the street walkers. That being said, sex for payment has been around through long, hard times. The following is a look at prostitutes from the most ancient to the ones you can see on street corners today. Hope you enjoy.
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When it comes to shoes, the great divide that separates the sexes is steadily shrinking. I’ve known men with heartier shoe fetishes than some of the most fashionable women I know. I’ve also know men who still can’t seem to grasp that black socks with brown sandals are a highly incongruous match. (And I’m not just referring to my grandfather.) Shoes say a lot about a person. In fact, when I find someone potentially attractive, my first instinct is to look at their face, then their shoes. If the face works but the shoes are off, a colossal amount of points are lost.  However if the shoes work, perhaps even have an element of style, the effects can be quite redeeming even if you aren’t the most exceptional looking cat on the block.
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I’ve never been much of a jewellery guy.  In my university days I used to walk around with some face metal in the form of an eyebrow piercing and some earrings, and I occasionally wore some sort of beaded hemp necklaces, bought from a Caribbean vendor while on spring break.  Then one day I looked in the mirror and thought “What on earth am I thinking?”  The day I got rid of my face metal was the day my 4-year old cousin told me that I “grew up.”
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Fan: a person with an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking and enthusiasm for something. Following are a slew of visual representations of the world’s most hardcore fans.
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