Bernie Sanders has the dominatrix vote all bound up
Bernie Sanders may not accept money from Super PACs, but he's able to get donations from a slightly unconventional source: dominatrices.
An advertisement posted to Backpage on Friday offers a very special discount to potential clients. Wall Street employees, or "capitalist swine who exploit people for profit," can ask for the $27 "Bernie special" and get spanked for 15 minutes straight. The "Dommes for Bernie" will then redirect the submissives' donations to the Sanders campaign.
Here's the original ad:
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Seems like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In Nevada this weekend, fellow presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton picked up support from a different wing of the sex trade. Carson City sex workers, known as "Hookers 4 Hillary," voiced their support for Clinton, citing her positions on healthcare and the economy. All of these women work at Moonlight Bunny Ranch, the city's most famous legal brothel.
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"Hookers 4 Hillary" and "Dommes for Bernie" strongly disagree over which candidate would be better for the industry. Even though Clinton once called sex work "demeaning to women," the Hillary Hookers applaud their candidate's early support of health care reform. Sanders' dommes believe that his views on income inequality could improve the quality of life for many low-income women.
And while the Sanders campaign has yet to publish any opinions on the sex trade, the women behind "Dommes for Bernie" believe that he'd support legalizing sex work.
"We’d be surprised to find out that he opposes it. That said, the plans that he proposes will mostly benefit women of color, and that’s something that we all support," Mistresses Simone, Brooke and Rose, the dommes behind the campaign, told Mashable. "On the other hand, Hillary Clinton can be quoted saying that she considers sex work demeaning. We can’t back someone who invalidates our autonomy."
As for their ad, it's unclear how many Wall Street executives have followed through, but the flier itself has gotten serious attention.
Will this spark the rise of the spanking Super PACs?
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Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.
