Why did Dostoevsy use prostitutes as the remaining connection to the social world for some of his protagonists (the...

Because Dostoevsky was a misogynist. All his women are either sexless mothers or whores. He couldn't understand women and was incapable of writing them well, unlike Tolstoy or Turgenev

What the fuck happened to this board?

I guess it's meant to show just how isolated those men are, if their remaining social connections are those they have to pay.

You are aware that prostitutes also sell companionship and not just physical sex?

This. Reality is that even sexless mothers are whores and should be portrayed as such.

These two.
Ignore the rest, OP.

Yeah I figured as much. I shouldn't haven't put two beautiful women in the OP pick. But it's the only way to have someone post in a thread.

That's interesting thanks.

It improved.
david dubnitskiy btw

tiddies

Isn't a prostitute one of the most likely people an isolated and tortured person might interact with?
Aside from that there is a clear juxtaposition between these two people as well which is both interesting and realistic

Check out the beginning of Dworkin's Intercourse where she talks about Dostoevsky to understand why.