PSYC 350 Chapter 17: PSYC350- Chapter 17 Notes.docx
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Relationship between prostitute and client is brief and loveless and that the payment is for sex only. Prostitute a person (of either sex) who engages in sex for money. Sex trader - a person who exchanges sex for money, drugs, or other benefits; a broader tem than prostitute. Sex worker a person who engages in prostitution, pornography, or another sex-related occupation. Historically, prostitution was viewed as a necessary evil. For millennia, prostitution was just about the only way in which unattached women could support themselves. (ex. Mary magdalene, one of jesus"s followers, was a reformed prostitute in christian tradition) Prostitution has been condemned as fornication throughout the christian era. Efforts to eradicate prostitution did not begin until the protestant reformation of the. Driven by moral concerns and by the problems of sexually transmitted diseases. Heyday of prostitution was late-18th and 19th centuries. Large numbers of men migrated to cities where women were in short supply.
