When I was growing up the words Hotel and Motel were more or less the same. In practise they referred to a place where you slept that wasn't yours. A place you could hire by day, maybe the term Hotel suggested a place a little more ritzy, but they were basically the same. A lot of places hedged their bets by placing both words on the sign.
Travel has altered this perception a fair bit.
In Australian culture people move away from their parents in their early twenties, sometimes earlier. This is considered a normal part of growing up, of gaining independence. Often they move into a house with people of similar attitude and moral value, which is geographically not too far from their parents, and their comfort zone.
The result of this habitation dislocation is that one is free to act without being guided by the moral compass of one's parents. In actual fact, most people start down this path before leaving the nest, but once away they are able to do so with impudence. In short, they have a comfortable place to have sex.
Other countries have different family cultures, where leaving home so early is not as common. Some family cultures encourage children to stay at home until they are married, and sometimes even longer than that. This is so they can assist the family providing support in what ever way that they can. People live as a family unit until their late twenties, and early thirties until they are able to establish themselves in a separate house. This depends on finances, the needs of the family, and other social concerns (like having a spouse).
In countries with this close knit family structure, a motel is not the portmanteau of Motor and Hotel that the dictionary defines. Perhaps Mating Hotel, would be a more appropriate foundation as these places provide a place for couples to exercise their passions away from prying eyes, at an hourly or nightly rate.
In Korea Motels are many, cheap and convenient, existing in areas where there are bus terminals, universities or bars. In Colombia they were tucked away at the edge of major cities to allow discretion in terms of remoteness. Korea's motels make no attempt to hide their purpose, condoms, and vaginal wipes are provided to clients along with the toothbrushes, sex toy vending machines are located in the corridor on each floor. The make up for this extroverted nature by having concealed parking, and a system that allows to the hiring of a room without eye contact.
Simply, there are many motels, they don't go out of business but no-one ever goes there. No one you ask anyway, and if they have it was because they needed somewhere to say and they went with a group of same sexed friends or alone.
Quite often they are utilised by people needing somewhere to stay for a night, but this is quite clearly their secondary function.
I think they are great. They provide a safe and clean environment for these things, with contraceptives provided, making up to some extent for a the lack of sexual education provided in these cultures.
Better sound proofing of rooms would be a welcome addition though.
Travel has altered this perception a fair bit.
In Australian culture people move away from their parents in their early twenties, sometimes earlier. This is considered a normal part of growing up, of gaining independence. Often they move into a house with people of similar attitude and moral value, which is geographically not too far from their parents, and their comfort zone.
The result of this habitation dislocation is that one is free to act without being guided by the moral compass of one's parents. In actual fact, most people start down this path before leaving the nest, but once away they are able to do so with impudence. In short, they have a comfortable place to have sex.
Other countries have different family cultures, where leaving home so early is not as common. Some family cultures encourage children to stay at home until they are married, and sometimes even longer than that. This is so they can assist the family providing support in what ever way that they can. People live as a family unit until their late twenties, and early thirties until they are able to establish themselves in a separate house. This depends on finances, the needs of the family, and other social concerns (like having a spouse).
In countries with this close knit family structure, a motel is not the portmanteau of Motor and Hotel that the dictionary defines. Perhaps Mating Hotel, would be a more appropriate foundation as these places provide a place for couples to exercise their passions away from prying eyes, at an hourly or nightly rate.
In Korea Motels are many, cheap and convenient, existing in areas where there are bus terminals, universities or bars. In Colombia they were tucked away at the edge of major cities to allow discretion in terms of remoteness. Korea's motels make no attempt to hide their purpose, condoms, and vaginal wipes are provided to clients along with the toothbrushes, sex toy vending machines are located in the corridor on each floor. The make up for this extroverted nature by having concealed parking, and a system that allows to the hiring of a room without eye contact.
Simply, there are many motels, they don't go out of business but no-one ever goes there. No one you ask anyway, and if they have it was because they needed somewhere to say and they went with a group of same sexed friends or alone.
Quite often they are utilised by people needing somewhere to stay for a night, but this is quite clearly their secondary function.
I think they are great. They provide a safe and clean environment for these things, with contraceptives provided, making up to some extent for a the lack of sexual education provided in these cultures.
Better sound proofing of rooms would be a welcome addition though.
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