Selling love: historical figures who were obsessed with prostitutes

Many historical figures chose the "priestesses of love", but some of them were literally obsessed with them.

Writer, philosopher and just a very strange person — what can be easily guessed from his books — was born in 1740. He didn't hide his relations with prostitutes, as that was an atheist. In those days, by the way, the first was perceived much calmer than the second.

Atheism, debauchery and "stimulating candy"(presumably — "Spanish fly"), which poisoned several girls, and brought him to jail. At 23, de Sade hired a prostitute named Jean Tester just so she watched as he masturbated to a religious symbol. At the age of 28 he was convicted of that tied up a prostitute and beat her with a whip on the buttocks. In 32 years — fed a few prostitutes special "candy" and engage them in anal sex. 37 de Sade was caught having sex with teenagers, among whom were 15-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy.

In General, no one can say that the life of de Sade was monotonous.

The artist of the XIX century was not just crazy about selling love, he wrote these ladies in a surprisingly realistic manner, "played games with them, brought them gifts and showed the women his Studio, he took them to restaurants, circuses and theatres". Toulouse-Lautrec even lived in several brothels, calling himself "an aristocrat, are cut off from their own kind". In this case, it beat its external features: due to several childhood traumas and hereditary diseases Henry was distinguished by low rise and short legs.

In "real" love he was lucky, his appearance evoked only ridicule, in spite of the high origin. The artist himself claimed that he "finds affinity between his condition and moral poverty, characteristic of prostitutes". In fact, prostitutes have become his second family. Henri died at age 36 from alcoholism and, ironically, from syphilis, which infected him one of the "priestesses of love".

About the sex life of Grigory Rasputin go contradictory rumors: some say he was a sex giant, and some believe that Rasputin suffered from impotence.

As you know, he was an Advisor and confidant of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire. It was said of him according to the book by Edward Radzinsky "the Rasputin Affair", that he "several times a day with hired prostitutes". His persistence was legendary, but sometimes he preferred to observe, not to have sex. For example, in the same book States that the agents reported that "Rasputin bought a prostitute for two bottles of beer, but he did not drink, asked her to undress, examined her body and left."

Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish origin, which once went mad with the whole world. "It was a man ahead of his time for half a century; his life was an erotic spectacle — narcissistic deep, intuitive, relaxed; his work caught the rhythm of life is gradually involved in a sinister carnival the First world war". (Andrew O Hagan, article "the Diary of Nijinsky")·

Nijinsky himself led a rather turbulent personal life and admitted that he has a "fatal passion". He "had sex with multiple prostitutes in the day" during his tour in Paris. And sometimes he wrote that "looking at least one and not found," because, in his own words, he "had no experience". In Zurich, he regularly spent time at the brothel because he wanted "to get intuitive idea about prostitutes". Despite the fact that Nijinsky himself recognized his passion as a "disgusting," he continued to look for their companies every day.

Okay, not that he was "obsessed with" dirty love, but his relationship with the German Madame" Ellen Rometch whose hair could kill, was actively discussed in the society. It was rumored that she also was a German spy, but to prove it to anybody and failed.

Roots was the owner of one of the elite clubs in a hotel in Carol's Arms, which were regularly visited by lawyers and influential politicians, to enjoy the food, drinks and ladies. Say, services were also provided to senators and some "senior White house officials".