- de Sade was Framed!!..discuss.....
- As an undergraduate too many years ago to comfortably mention without my wrinkles further shrivelling in self-consciousness, i had a choice of essay topics to write for my sexology unit. As i had a passing (LOL) interest in D/s and BDSM (*i hear the gasps of astonishment.. and silence them with a ladylike wave*) i had embarked upon the task of researching the Marquis de Sade ... it seemed a good idea at the time.
My interest in him was how he had brought torture into his 'time'. How this had occurred not within the historical (and to a large extent, accepted) confines of interrogation, slavery and inquisition, but how lust and sexual desire, mingled with tendencies toward sadism and masochism and enjoyed in an atmosphere of decadence had found their way into contemporary society.
In reading of his exploits and sexual experimentations i was interested to note how he feared his wife being told of his activities and how He referred to her in the most romantic and highest of terms and how she referred to him as 'my good little boy'... (*blinks blondely*) .... but i digress...
De Sade was incarcerated for 14 years without trial after a rather unfortunate incident involving four prostitutes, his valet and some home made aphrodisiac the latter of which had a rather unpleasant effect on the health of one of the prostitutes. Far from being the anticipated jolly frolic things quickly went south as it were. The whole event also rather upset de Sade's mother-in-law who assisted in having him incarcerated.
Throughout his incarceration, de Sade maintained that he had been scapegoated and framed by the prostitutes he had engaged to pleasure he and his valet. In a letter to his valet from his prison cell, de Sade presents an interesting viewpoint:
" If my unlucky star had bound me to any other family, I would be here for the rest of my life, since you know, Monsieur Quiros, that in France one does not, with impunity, show disrespect to whores [referring to the Marseilles].
One may criticize the government, the king, religion: nothing to worry about. But a whore, Monsieur Quiros, Gadzooks! you'd better take care to give no offence to a whore because immediately the Sartines, the Maupeous [Chancellor of the Parlement of Paris], the Montreuils, and their fellow pimps, rush up like good, little soldiers to champion the whore and to bravely haul you, a nobleman, off to prison for 12 or 15 years--over one whore. Could anything be finer than the French police?
If you have a sister, a niece, a daughter, Monsieur Quiros, advise her to become a whore; I challenge her to find a better career.
And, indeed, where could a girl be better off than in a country where, in addition to the luxury, to the languorous ease, to the continuous and heady pleasures of the debauch, she can still obtain as much support, as much credit, as much protection as the most sober and upright member of the middle class!
That is what is called encouraging morality, my friend; that is what goes under the name of discouraging good girls from a life of dissolution and crime! How this stinks to high heaven!
Oh, Monsieur Quiros, they are indeed wise in this age of ours! But as for me, I give you my word of honor, Monsieur Quiros, if heaven had not put me in a position to be able to feed my daughter, I swear by all I hold most sacred that I would immediately make her a whore.
(Sade to La Jeunesse.[January, 1780] www.neilschaeffer.com/sade/letters)
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- ஜღcat…
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very interesting indeed sister, i shall have to delve further into this subject in order to give a decent clear opinion. i don't like speaking about something that i am not well informed on. ~blushes~ scampers off to do some indepth reading...
have a wonderful day sister.. take care and stay beautiful ..
~warm hugs and love~ belle
Monday June 25, 2007 - 06:36am (CDT) Remove Comment
- Guise…
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You write so well lil blonde one. Perhaps I will pay you to write my dissertation :)
Monday June 25, 2007 - 10:16am (EDT) Remove Comment
ok....interesting reading for a Monday morning...i'll comment later when my brain has enough coffee....
Monday June 25, 2007 - 10:32am (EDT) Remove Comment
- Capt.…
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So, in summation. De Sade could beat anything, but the rap?
Monday June 25, 2007 - 02:35pm (CDT) Remove Comment
Why does that strike a chord about the behaviours around this place?
Monday June 25, 2007 - 02:51pm (PDT) Remove Comment
- Scare…
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Oh course they would come to the aid of the whores, for if they didn't, the whores would name names and tell one and all what exploits they got up to with the so-called "noblemen" and lawyers. It is the third-oldest profession isn't it?
Tuesday June 26, 2007 - 10:33am (EST) Remove Comment
- THE B…
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LOL..too true Scarecrow!..Such is the lack of morality and ethics.. ahhhh but what happens when the Sword of Damocles turns out to be a wet noodle?
Tuesday June 26, 2007 - 10:39am (EST)
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