[ SECRET POST #2206 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2206 ⌋

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Comments

[celestiel]

Same, I really hated how he treated her all the time. And honestly, I always thought that his attitude towards her profession didn't make much sense in the context of the show. Companions were obviously highly respected, and I can't say I recall anyone else treating her like he did.

Though even if it had made sense, I have zero patience for slut-shaming anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

I always got the impression that the way he treated her was less about the fact that she had sex for money and more about the fact that she was highly respected and high-society. His background and experiences (from growing up on some dirt-farmer moon, I think, to the war and then barely scraping by on Serenity) have been all about doing what he considers "honest work" and not being respected for it or achieving any sort of financial security -- so he views what Inara does as blowing smoke up the asses of rich and privileged wastes-of-space, and resents that doing that is given so much more respect than the work done by the people he grew up with and fought beside. He seems to respect more traditional prostitutes just fine (as we see in Heart of Gold), probably because he sees what they do as more like "real work."

Not that I'm in any way trying to excuse his attitudes or behavior; I just think it does make sense in the context of the show and his characterization.

[(Anonymous)]

True. It's obvious companions were respected in the context of the story. They dressed nicely and had to regularly get health check-ups. And you also had to be a respectable man (or woman) to be one of their clients.

I always thought of companions as geisha's rather than 'whores', since they were well learned in many skills and probably didn't have sex with every client. A companion is just pleasurable company who could play you an instrument, give you a massage, brush your hair, or just sit and talk with you. It's obvious from the companioning that we saw in the show (particularly that woman and the boy whose father wanted to make him a man) that she was a comforting and non-judgmental presence, which to be honest a lot of people wouldn't mind having someone like that once in awhile. It wasn't just getting paid for sex.

I just think Mal was so down on her because of his frustration with the UST between them.