Why did the commonly used name "John" become part of the lexicon of prostitution transactions?
What did John do to deserve this distinction?
For example, what about using the name "George", or "Edward", if you want to refer to the nomenclature of English kings.
"Dick", it would seem, would be extremely appropriate, but "Dick" is already widely used as a verb or a noun of derision.
I would favor Edward because many of the King Edwards were notable womanizers.
But, why the name "John"? Is it because the name is so commonly used that it has become a convenient label for mankind, the male version, in general?
Persons named John are seriously offended by the usage.
However, there are many, many problems with our cultural lexicon, there may be hundreds of names that can be hurled at females: Jezebel, slut, whore, puta, prostitute, hooker, harlot, cunt, et al, and no equivalent terms for men, save for "prick" or "Dick".
"John" has become a label for connonality, "John Doe", for example, signifying virtually Everyman. By using the name "John", the purchaser of sex in a prostitution transaction almost becomes a nominally innocent bystander seduced into the transaction by the aforenamed Jezebel, slut, whore, puta, prostitute, hooker, harlot, cunt, et al.
FOOTNOTE: Oh Lord! Of course this would have occurred:
In Defense of Johns
Jim Norton Aug. 6, 2014
I'm not ashamed to pay for sex—and other men shouldn't be either ....