In the chapter "Sparkle, Sweetie!" of Orenstein's Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Orenstein wrote that the prepubescent beauty contestants reminded her of 18th century European museum portraits of:
"[...] European princesses - little girls in low-cut gowns, their hair piled high, their cheeks and lips roughed red - that were used to attract potential husbands, typically middle-aged men [...]"
And Orenstein overheard an overeager mother adjure her 6-year-old, "[O]ne of the judges is a man, so be sure you wink at him!"
John Cleland’s “Fanny Hill”: An Erotic Novel with Morals https://t.co/HdJyyHzirX pic.twitter.com/u3VQhZXNIq
— The Paris Review (@parisreview) May 5, 2016
The Paris Review tweeted a link to an article about John Cleland’s:
"[...] two-volume novel called Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, or Fanny Hill, published when he was in debtor’s prison between 1748 and 1749 [...]"
In the book, Fanny entered the brothel when she was 15, which preceded her "sexual initiation" that involved lipstick lesbian sex with a seasoned prostitute. And her first customer was a: "[...] debauched elderly caller “with a yellow cadaverous hue”."
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