# Madam Eve, House Whip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 14, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449 "2000-01-14T15:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gene\_Kraus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Gene\_Kraus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gene_Kraus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/1 "2000-01-14T15:55:00Z")
Hmmmm. Interesting article but the cartoon isn’t a fit. Madam Eve may be involved in an activity that is entirely legal. If she is a professional Domme (scenespeak for someone who is a Dominatrix for hire in the Bondage & Discipline, SadoMasochistic or BDSM lifestyle) and no “sex”, as defined in the prostitution statutes, is involved, her happy looking client can kiss her boots, have a good flogging and feel safe in that he (or she) is not violating any law. A note here. Madam Eve would soon go broke. Most professional Dommes are much better looking. As a matter of fact there are several clubs in Chicago where people in this lifestyle can go (see [galleriadomain.com](http://galleriadomain.com)) to practice and learn more about BDSM. These are not places where ANY professional activities for money (this is strictly enforced) take place and everything is on the up and up. No alcohol but interesting “play”. There are also professional Dommes here (sorry, you have to find your own) and their activities, again if no “sex” is involved, are entirely legal. If you want to have yourself flogged in public, go to Exit on the first and third Thursday of every month. These are not addies but just information on where to go if you want to find out more about this lifestyle. There are also local chatrooms on AOL and many sites where consenting or paying adults can make contact. Again this is entirely legal if it’s done right. Sorry but Madam Eve is not a criminal and neither is her little red bottomed bottom. * * * Captain ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/2 "2000-01-14T19:27:00Z")
Ummm . . . Did I miss something here? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/3 "2000-01-14T21:30:00Z")
No, Eve, I think **we** ’re the ones missing something. Is there anything you would care to share with the rest of the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/4 "2000-01-14T21:32:00Z")
Don’t… understand… need… link… aaaaaaaarrrrggghhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/5 "2000-01-14T21:44:00Z")
Gene Kraus, could you post a link to the article so we can all catch up? How to post link: 1. Go to the article. 2. In the “Location” or “URL” field, highlight the link. 3. Hit “copy”. 4. Come to board and open a reply to this thread. 5. In text field, hit “paste”. 6. Submit reply. If those instructions are too complex, I can try to be more explicit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/6 "2000-01-14T22:33:00Z")
I was just thinking of posting Eve’s name in the “Who Would You Like to Date” thread in MPSIMS, based on that OP. ---
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/7 "2000-01-14T22:36:00Z")
Reservoir Dog – The column appeared (in Chicago, at least) on Thursday, 1/14. As of 4:20 p.m. Friday, it had not yet graced the web site. Patience continues to be a virtue… 😉 * * * ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/8 "2000-01-18T05:44:00Z")
Ok, it’s up now [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000114.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000114.html) ---
**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/9 "2000-01-18T12:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > (Note: This is a revised version of the column that appeared in the Straight Dope’s subscribing newspapers.) _Revised!_ Revised how? Is there any other topic that has appeared revised on-line? I’m hoping they only changed a grammar error or something. * * * “You CAN’T be evil. 'Cos no matter how many ‘bad’ things you do on purpose, you MUST be doing it because you think it’s the right thing to do.” ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/10 "2000-01-18T22:02:00Z")
[[Revised! Revised how? Is there any other topic that has appeared revised on-line? I’m hoping they only changed a grammar error or something.]] Cecil is a perfectionist. He is constantly revising and improving his work. At some point the Chicago Reader has a deadline, though, and it comes before the website one. So be assured you have the latest revised version on the site. Jill ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-eve-house-whip/449/11 "2000-01-19T20:41:00Z")
**JillGat** , we got that part. What we wanna know is _what_ changes were made? Do you mean that _gasp_ :eek: Cecil Adams makes mistakes?! Isn’t that one of the signs of the Apocalypse? I’m going to crawl under my bed now… * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L**