I was amused by this article about an enterprising woman trying to get farm chores done on the cheap.
Masochists who responded to an advert by an Austrian woman seeking “submissive, well-to-do” men found themselves forced to do farm chores such as stacking wood in the nude or cutting the grass while wearing fetish masks.
Instead of the punishment they were expecting, the men were put to work as labourers around their mistress’s farm in north-eastern Austria, near the town of St. Pölten.
Unsurprisingly it turned out that doing real manual labor wasn’t quite as fun as the outdoor fetish frolics they were expecting. I’m not sure what kind of punishment she advertised, but stacking wood in the nude and cutting grass in a leather gimp mask sounds pretty punishing to me.
What’s particularly strange is that she ended up being charged with “illegal prostitution”. Since prostitution is the selling of sexual services, and the lack of kinky sex fun was precisely their complaint, I’d be intrigued to know what tortuous logic led to that charge. If she’d turned up in leather boots and hit them occasional, would that have made it “legal prostitution” ?
I’ll finish with a picture that is probably more in line with what the men were hoping for. It still looks like hard work, but I’m sure the pony gear, fetish outfits and whipping would have made them a lot happier.
This buggy racing shot is from the Other World Kingdom.
here in austria prostitutes have to register with the authorities and have to pass regular health checks .. there are also zoning regulations that limit the places where such a business can operate legally
illegal prostitution in this context probably means that she either had not registered and/or violated some zoning regulation
the question of course remains if the authorities can make this charge stick, if there was no actual sex (as usual with professional dominas)
Thanks for the background information! Very helpful.
Sounds like that does cover the illegal bit, but as you say, the tricky part is the prostitution charge. Possibly how she advertised it might have been illegal, but it would seem pretty odd if she’s convicted.
-paltego
I’m very amused about this article (and about the story!) as I was born in the city of St. Pölten … and I read about it now in your blog at first, which I follow for 1 year now and I enjoy very much.
Kind regards from Austria
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Thanks for reading and dropping by to comment! Glad I could share the story and provide some amusement 🙂
-paltego