International prostitution: the origins

Prostitution. One. The mention of this ancient profession leaves no one indifferent. Someone. He sees it as a means of earning money, and he is already talking about it. depending on their own moral framework. Some people think that this is not It is a way of earning money and treating it as a human weakness. So let's go. Let’s see where prostitution came from.

As wild as it may seem to modern people, prostitution was It is a common phenomenon in many ancient and later civilized countries.

For example, in the East on this score were very original. tradition. Every native of Babylon was obliged to come to the temple and wait. until one of the passersby throws a certain amount of money at her feet and offers to taste The mystery of love. The money earned in this way was sacred.

In Athens, Greece, a temple was built in honor of Aphrodite. The celebrations were like mass orgies. Paradoxically, All the money earned in this way was given to charity, and specifically for the benefit of the Temple.

In Italy, prostitution has also flourished since antiquity. Women They gathered at the temples in anticipation of their “fans.” For centuries. Prostitution has become part of life. Endless economic instability They forced women of all walks of life to sell their bodies. Even high-ranking Sometimes people don’t give up this kind of income.

At the beginning of the 11th century, prostitutes appeared in France. courtyard. At the same time, harems and brothels, called women's houses, appeared. workshops. In the late 15th century, all of France suffered from a wave of syphilis. The attitude of the authorities towards prostitutes has changed dramatically, since they are The main sources of this disease. Since then, prostitutes have been subjected to various persecutions. The punishment for this kind of activity was not only cruel, but also humiliating character.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the entire European community He tried to give up prostitution. But a society not used to being absent "Free women" were indignant, and as a result swept through Europe. A wave of riots. That's how it came about. legal prostitution. Women periodically visited doctors, monitored Their health was on the police record. It is in this way that the authority Time has solved this problem.

Maria Bochkareva