Paying prostitutes in 19th century Britain must have been one of the biggest juxtapositions in history. It's like, "Here you are my dear, three pounds and two shillings for your services, and might I say you look positively dashing tonight?" amirite?

+214 Paying prostitutes in 19th century Britain must have been one of the biggest juxtapositions in history. It's like, "Here you are my dear, three pounds and two shillings for your services, and might I say you look positively dashing tonight?" amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I still pay them like that

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I reckon that most of them wouldn't have been all gentleman-ly in private.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You make a very good point.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Only me that noticed the completely incorrect use of 'juxtaposition' then?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A juxtaposition occurs when you take two opposite concepts and apply them next to each other. In this situation, the ungentlemanly concept of paying for sex is placed alongside the stereotypically gentlemanly form of the Victorian British man. It was used correctly, in other words.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I first starting learning about Victorian England from Jack the Ripper murdering prostitutes, so in my mind they were similar concepts.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...It's best if you ignore Jack the Ripper. wary

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Try telling that to the last group of women to give him the cold shoulder.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm pretty sure he took it by force.

by Anonymous 13 years ago