{"id":4335,"date":"1981-01-01T16:24:00","date_gmt":"1981-01-01T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2022-11-18T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:31:38","slug":"a-meeting-of-madams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/1981\/01\/01\/a-meeting-of-madams\/","title":{"rendered":"A Meeting of Madams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It gained little publicity and passed unnoticed among the general public which is a pity, because it was, in a sense, a historic occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time since the oldest profession made its appearance on our planet, leading madams from the EEC Nine met with an EEC official to discuss various problems connected with their operations in the Common Market countries.<\/p>\n\n\n

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An account of this meeting was given to me by Kyra Sophia Mastropaki, a well~known white slaver in the Kato Patissia area who was invited to attend the meeting as an observer, in view of Greece’s full accession to the EEC this month. She was accompanied by a delegate from the Panhellenic Union of Transvestites – a powerful body that is firmly entrenched in this country and is trying to emulate our forefathers, who bestowed the gift of democracy on Europe, by spreading an equally enlightened innovation among our western neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madame Mastropaki told me that she and her transvestite friend were very moved by the opening speech at the meeting by the Chairwoman, Frau Ursula Nackerbascher of Hamburg. On behalf of her colleagues, Frau Nackerbascher welcomed the Greek observers and said it was more than fitting that Greece should become a full member in a month’s time since, as they all knew, ancient Hellas was the cradle of the oldest profession, in Europe. She also welcomed the transvestite delegate, remarking that although transvestism was still fairly sub rosa and had amateur status in most of western Europe, the prospects of putting it on a professional basis were very exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frau Nackerbascher then paid tribute to the tenacity of Madame Ninette Morpion, the chateleine of the rue Madeleine and President of the powerful CGT (Confederation Generate du Trottoir) in mobilizing her forces and publicly agitating for members’ rights in a country like France where one might have expected a greater measure of understanding and more public enthusiasm for their cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting then got down to work on the agenda which contained such subjects as the regulations pertaining to the freedom of establishment in other EEC countries and enjoying the same status as other professionals such as doctors, lawyers; or engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another item was the provision of moral and material support to the Catholic Church’s campaign against contraceptives and abortions, since the easy availability of these was encouraging promiscuity among young girls and playing havoc with the business prospects of professionals. During the discussion of this item, Madame Morpion remarked: “It seems to me that no fullblooded man in his right mind would forgo the ambience, the entertainment, the delights and the variety offered by a well-run establishment for the favors of a rank amateur who, in the long run, always turns out to be more expensive in terms of presents, abortions and visits to a VD specialist.” To which the gathered delegates replied with enthusiastic “hear, hear”s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next item on the agenda was the height of contributions to be paid into the Community Budget.
The Trish delegate, Rosie Baloney, remarked that since prices in Ireland were lower than in the wealthier EEC countries and since Irishmen preferred drinking to other social pursuits, her organization would have little to offer the Community Budget. Indeed, it might even have to ask for support from the Regional Development Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EEC official present thereupon replied that he considered it doubtful whether Regional Development funds could be allocated in this respect but he considered it likely that Ireland and Greece would be allowed a five-year transition period to bring their prices up to EEC levels and that contributions to the Community Budget would probably be waived during that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting then discussed what protection the EEC could offer selfrespecting madams threatened by take-overs from organized crime syndicates. This gave an opportunity to Signora Nella ‘Mama’ Pastaflora, the Italian delegate, to submit a long list of complaints on the way her organization had been effectively infiltrated and subsequently taken over by the Mafia. In addition to having all her profits in the Naples and Calabria areas skimmed off, she said, she was also forced to submit personally, twice a week, to the perverted tastes of the ‘Capo di Tutti i Bordelli’, a sinister Sicilian who rarely took a bath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were expressions of sympathy from all present and the EEC official promised to table the subject before the next Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyra Mastropaki then told me that after the meeting, Signora Pastaflora was whisked off in a black Fiat and has never been seen or heard from since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked the Greek madam what she thought the effects of our Common Market entry would be on her operations and whether she expected an influx of competing professionals. She shrugged and said: “Judging from the comments most people here make about this country, I reckon they should feel at home.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AMONG the many meetings held under EEC auspices in Brussels and elsewhere to discuss various problems and promote the cause of European unity, a singular one took place last month in the Belgian capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-onlooker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4336,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4335\/revisions\/4336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-athenian.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}