Farewell, my concubine

[middsmith]

<p>Here is an excerpt from the ad, posted on New York City’s Craigslist:
[Help</a> Wanted: Concubine - m4w](<a href=“http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cas/748073689.html]Help”>http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cas/748073689.html)</p>

<p>The professional tone of the ad suggests it was drafted by either a lawyer or an ibanker. </p>

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Help Wanted: Concubine - m4w - 35 (Upper East Side)</h2>

<p>Reply to: <a href="mailto:pers-748073689@craigslist.org">pers-748073689@craigslist.org</a>
Date: 2008-07-09, 9:22AM EDT</p>

<p>Job Description: You will regularly provide sexual services as needed and on demand. Specific services required will vary from time to time, but generally will encompass all ordinary sexual activities, with some “pushing of the envelope,” dependent upon a determination of where “the envelope” resides for you. The frequency of my need for your services will also vary, but generally I will call upon you two to three times per week. These times will always be outside of regular business hours, and generally in the upper east side of Manhattan, but the Concubine must be prepared to be otherwise flexible about times and locations. In short, your job description is to do as you are asked, without resistance or condition. While this position will not interfere with an ordinary “day job,” it does preclude concurrent involvement in any other sexual relationships. </p>

<p>Qualifications: You must be a woman and over eighteen years of age, but otherwise age, race, and nationality will not be significant to the employment decision. Experience in a comparable position would be helpful, but is not necessary - I am willing to train the right person for the job. The successful candidate will be bright, articulate, extremely flexible, and willing to learn how best to fulfill her role as Concubine. Legal background (e.g., attorney, law student, or pre-law student) a plus, but not required. </p>

<p>Compensation and Benefits: You will be provided with a small room in a shared apartment in the upper east side, with utilities and cell phone bills paid, and a small weekly allowance. You may live in the room, should you so desire, but you need not. </p>

<p>Opportunity for Advancement: You will receive a performance review after ninety days, and another after one year in the position of Concubine. At these times, depending on your performance, you may be given a cash bonus, and/or your other compensation and benefits may be enhanced. For example, you may be permitted to move from the small room in the apartment to the larger room, or you may be awarded the use of the entire apartment to yourself. Additionally, I will give consideration to an increase in your weekly allowance at these times. PLEASE NOTE that the position of Concubine is not on the girlfriend or wife career tracks. </p>

<p>Application Process: Please respond to this ad by emailing to the address provided herein. A photograph is appreciated (and will be reciprocated) but is not at all required. I will contact you shortly after hearing from you to set up a preliminary interview.

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[kwu]

<p>Ah, middsmith, are you here to answer my ad?</p>

[Easy]

<p>I can’t wait for the frustration-fueled misogynistic rants and the naively oblivious feminist counterattacks about to come in this thread. Or maybe I’ve now preempted and prevented them… damn.</p>

[middsmith]

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@kwu

are you here to answer my ad?

Silly me, I thought Eliot Spitzer’s finally discovered craigslist.</p>

[GoldShadow]

<p>Heh, good find.</p>

[salamander]

<p>What I really want to know is this: who the hell is the concubine going to be sharing the apartment with? I’d like to see what the guy had to do to secure that room. And if she’s sharing the room with someone else’s mistress, or one of the guy’s other mistresses, that could get really interesting.</p>

[rmadden15]

<p>That was amazing…</p>

[AeroEngineer3141]

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Legal background (e.g., attorney, law student, or pre-law student) a plus, but not required.

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<p>Attorney fetish? I have that too!</p>

[JBVirtuoso]

<p>The link no longer works. It just told me that the title on the listing page would be removed in a few minutes. So someone’s been caught.</p>

[MetdethGNR]

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Legal background (e.g., attorney, law student, or pre-law student) a plus, but not required.

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<p>Ha… c’mon… I highly doubt a professional lawyer would wish to be someone’s concubine for a “small weekly allowance”. lol</p>

<p>I don’t know if the guy was serious or not but if he was… eh. I am a girl and all but seriously, this is not an issue of feminism at all: there are guys like these because there are idiotic, brainless females that would please them and do what they say (stuff like been a concubine for money).</p>

[middsmith]

<p>Tell that to Ashley Alexandra Dupre. Apparently she’s trying to emulate the success of Tila Tequila by agreeing to be on a show on VH1. Say what you want about her career choice, but Ashley wants luv too. Too bad the concubine position isn’t girlfriend or wife track.</p>

[arachnophobia12]

<p>hahaha! That craigslist ad seriously made my morning (maybe because i’m so tired :/).</p>

[ad.bc]

<p>what a ****ty compensation for being someones ‘concubine’ who is probably some fat balding middle aged man</p>

[Vivi]

<p>Nothing like a touch of could-be satire to brighten up my day.
If it is serious, by all means kudos to the guy for being professional about it.</p>

[middsmith]

<p>I was telling my cousin about this and he said to wait until he gets a raise, he’ll have one, too. LOL.</p>