February 9, 2010
Published: 26 Nov 09 11:29 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23494/20091126/
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A high-ranking manager at a Swedish state-owned company has admitted he paid for sex with a prostitute because he hadn’t had sex with his pregnant wife for five months.
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@unt9. FYOI. The poor man's nationality is Swedish. Foreign born or naturalized people don't qualify for those jobs. :-D
I wonder if the courts would had been so easy on a non-swefish offender? (assuming this person is swedish)
I have to admit that his excuse gave me one hell of a laugh.
The only true criminal here would be the Russian's pimp. Go after him instead, for taking an unrightful cut of the sex worker's money.
Hoepfully, he has learnt his lesson and I think the judge made the right decision as the consequences would be far more damaging to the family. But, if he does it again....then let nature takes its course.
I still say this is none of the governments business, and this hurts women much more than a silly fine hurts men - or stops men from going to exploited women.
Not that I pro 'workeing women' either, i am pretty much neutral on the subject having never availed thier services, as peropaco said above, there are plenty of bars in Stockholm... but its just NOT the governments business or the idiot 'feminists' in parliament who made these laws.
The wife should dump him. He's obviously a loser.
His wife should be informed and she should dump him as the irrelevance he is.
they are the same...Eastern or Western..they are all the same
Men!
I would guess that someone can put the pieces together ie someone with very pregnant wife who works for said company and lives not too far from the scene of the crime then just tell her!
maybe not necessary the media has reported (on ya the local) she will find out for sure and punish him for his wandering philandering.
If he had another excuse I would be more lenient on him but if you are about to be a father again this is rather low.
Nemesis you are an angry women for sure.
It's just against my moral values. From the moral point of view clearly the guy is to blame because he's married (what singles do-its their private business).
however, the libertarians are dead right-it's not a government business to push its snout everywhere in a private life: government as an inherent totalitarian enemy of the people has been assigned by the people a duty to handle only 3 areas that the self-regulated free market cannot manage: national defense; law&order and infrastructure. You need a free and armed people to curtail your enemy government, to keep it in bay. You can judge who is a friend and who is an enemy of the people very easy: if a party/government/person is not afraid of the armed people, then it's a people's friend. Those who are afraid of their own people and want to disarm them are, apparently, the enemies. The gov. should go after the pimps because it is a crime while using prostitutes is only a moral issue. If you let your enemy government manage everything in your life like it's the case in the EuroZoo then automatically demographics plammet, fiscal crisis spiralling down, self-preservation instincts disappear and the society dies out. Soft tyranny of the Nanny State is a dead end of civilization, it's doomed.Good bye, Europe, welcome to Eurabia -all thanks to the Big Government
Totally agree!!! I hope she finds out some way! I think that the Swedish police should tell her. It's her right to know!!!
Ququ, you could not be more wrong!!! you said" It is natural for men to have a sex more often, then women need." That is a falacy!!! If you google the topic you will find out. Or ask my hubby.
But you just wrote that to stir debate, right?
The guy in this article is a bastard!
Anyway, I understand why The local is becoming more and more tabloid journal, if such rather unimportant and personal matter related article is ranked as top read article.
Men!!!
Is it illegal in your country for 2 consenting adults to have sex for money? What an incredible situation, if that is true! And in Sweden? What an archaic law if that is the case!
The government has no business to be in consenting adults bedrooms! Why don't the police go do something worthwhile?
She has a right to know and make the choice to stay with him and try to work it out or to leave. On top of that she may now be exposed to STIs next time they do have sex.
His excuse is bs as well.
You can have sex while pregnant up to 9 months if everything is normal.
Not having sex for 5 months sucks but it might have been his choice. We don't know that. Many here assume it's the wife not wanting to have sex but it might be the other way around.
My friend has been complaining for 4 months that he hasn't had sex with his preggo wife. She wants to have sex but HE won't have sex with her when she's pregnant, he says it's gross, but he still complains. I told him he was stupid to think that when he's the one that did it to her.
Even if the couple couldn't have sex they could've talked about it with each other and came up with alternatives.
Lips, mouths, hands (yours and others) and toys are great ways to enjoy each other if you can't have full on sex.
Bottom line, the guy is a cheating jerk and the wife deserves to know.
Ditto.
Helen Rowland