In what is probably the ultimate gender bender, women have started indulging in what was considered typically a male locker room phenomenon — bragging about their sexual conquests. But while men did it just to claim bragging rights with their buddies, women these days have realised they can make a neat bit of money on the side, even make a profitable career out of it!
While it was just a random Monica Lewinsky or a Rebecca Loos in the last decade, of late we have a new revelation coming up almost everyday, the latest being a South African prostitute who claimed England striker Peter Crouch slept with her twice. In fact, former Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel has even got herself a slot on the new season of the Apprentice, while several others have become celebrities in their own right.
Whether it is the moolah or the attention that the media loves to shower on them, or just another example of emancipation of the modern day women, it cannot be denied that they are increasingly coming out in the open with their sexcapades.
Tech blogger Nimish Sawant feels it’s a serious problem if women start using their sexual history as a means to make money, adding that the media, which highlights these cases, is also equally at fault. “I always feel ‘to each his own’, but if it starts becoming a new fashion trend, then it’s a problem. It’s sad that the media idolises women who come out with salacious details, and equally sad that the women use the media with precisely the same end in mind,” he said.
While Sawant felt alarmed that these revelations will spark off a new trend with women all across the globe using their conquests to make money, there are those like investment banker Ankush Makhija who choose to look at the lighter side of things. “I would be quite happy if my woman goes and brags about my sexual prowess. In fact, I firmly believe women should be allowed to do what they want, to become rich and famous, especially indulging in locker room revelations,” he said, further requesting all gold digging women to kindly get in touch with him.
While the examples cited have all taken place in foreign countries, Indian shores have been relatively bereft of these incidents. HR professional Aditi Nair says that the high levels of commercialisation and money-mindedness that’s prevalent in the West hasn’t touched Indian shores yet, which is mainly why we don’t have our own gold diggers yet. “Speaking for myself, I would never speak about my sexual experiences, let alone do so with an eye on the profits. They are hardly what I would call conquests, and I don’t think it’s right to brag about them,” she said firmly.