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PART VI<br />
CHAPTER I<br />
Of the Causes of a Courtesan resorting to Men; of the means of<br />
Attaching to herself the Man desired, and the kind of Man that it is<br />
desirable to be acquainted with<br />
By having intercourse with men courtesans obtain sexual pleasure, as well as<br />
their own maintenance. Now when a courtesan takes up with a man from love,<br />
the action is natural; but when she resorts to him for the purpose of getting<br />
money, her action is artificial or forced. Even in the latter case, however, she<br />
should conduct herself as if her love were indeed natural, because men repose<br />
their confidence on those women who apparently love them. In making known<br />
her love to the man, she should show an entire freedom from avarice, and for<br />
the sake of her future credit she should abstain from acquiring money from him<br />
by unlawful means.<br />
A courtesan, well dressed and wearing her ornaments, should sit or stand at the<br />
door of her house, and, without exposing herself too much, should look on the<br />
public road so as to be seen by the passers by, she being like an object on view<br />
for sale. (1) She should form friendships with such persons as would enable her<br />
to separate men from other women, and attach them to herself, to repair her<br />
own misfortunes, to acquire wealth, and to protect her from being bullied, or<br />
set upon by persons with whom she may have dealings of some kind or<br />
another.<br />
These persons are:<br />
● The guards of the town, or the police<br />
● The officers of the courts of justice<br />
● Astrologers<br />
● Powerful men, or men with interest<br />
● Learned men<br />
● Teachers of the sixty-four arts<br />
● Pithamardas or confidants<br />
● Vitas or parasites<br />
● Vidushakas or jesters<br />
● Flower sellers<br />
● Perfumers<br />
● Vendors of spirits<br />
● Washermen<br />
● Barbers<br />
● Beggars<br />
And such other persons as may be found necessary for the particular object to<br />
be acquired.<br />
The following kinds of men may be taken up with, simply for the purpose of<br />
getting their money:<br />
● Men of independent income<br />
● Young men<br />
● Men who are free from any ties<br />
● Men who hold places of authority under the king<br />
● Men who have secured their means of livelihood without difficulty<br />
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