The typical American ‘date' is simply a social work around for prostitution being illegal.

There exist two big distinctions between dating and whoring that you either admit, devalue, or deny. First, the IMMEDIATE and DIRECT relationship between compensation (money) and the sex act. Second, the connection, conversation, or romantic and deeper relationship developed during the date itself versus the purely business nature of whoring. I don't deny that spending more money gives you a somewhat better chance or that physical attraction is the initial player in dates. Still, therein lies your problem. Merely increasing your chances isn't analogous to whoring. There is no direct connection between the money I spend on a date and the sex I get. That 'whore's honesty' that you talk about is the very distinction I prove. When I give a whore money, I am virtually gauranteed sex. This is undeniably not the case during dating. Sure, I can give a girl a billion dollars to sleep with me, but isn't that whoring, not dating? The fact is, I can rent nice cars and take her out to the fanciest dinners and buy tickets to the best show in town and still go home at the end of the night. My 'poor hero' example wasn't to show that poor people are of some lesser quality. It merely proves that romantic gestures are not tied to money. When the girl looks out the window, her thought process isn't 'Wow, thats a nice stereo. I bet he is rich.' The romanticism of the date and the gesture goes far beyond the dollar amount. While sexual attraction is what gets you noticed across the room, this doesn't correlate to sex at the end of the date. A guy could be the hottest one in the room and if the two's personalities don't mesh well, he goes home empty handed. In dating, dissimilar to whoring, personalities must play even the most basic of roles during the course of the date in order for the date to be 'sucessful'. This isn't so in whoring. A whore and a john can have all but contempt for each other and the exchange still occurs. What business world are you living in? Does the sales clerk at the hardware store get to pick and choose who he sells to? Do personalities or emotional exchange have anything to do with a sale? When I go into the grocery store, am I required to get along with the cashier in order to purchase my products? My point is that the whore is strictly a businesswomen, while, in dating, certain fulfillments, beyond the money, must be met in order for sex to occur. While college frat houses may be filled with a purely sexual pursuit, the topic entails the 'typical' American date. Your jaded description is hardly typical. I would ask you not to demean my argument structure, especially in the case where you have committed the very errors you chide me for. Where is your evidence? Where is your logical cause? You have merely presented your infinitely jaded view of what MTV and your likely terrible experiences tell you the dating world is about. Why do we have any reason to believe your view of the world? Have you offered me some kind of proof that spending money gaurantees you sex on dates or that physical attraction can overcome the most disgruntled daters? Again, I don't deny that physical attraction plays an initial role or that more money gives you a better CHANCE. But, whoring isn't an instance of trying to get laid. Its very nature is to be a workaround for the dating process, not the other way around. Your points are heard, but they function to prove my very point.