Prostitution

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This paper analyzes the institution of prostitution. It quotes many sources, including the Bible and comments on them. Moreover, it studies prostitution from a man's point of view as well as a woman's. Prostitution's existence poses many questions of deep philosophical import. The paper describes the many ramifications of prostitution upon society. In conclusion, the paper states that prostitution is a reality and society must learn too accept it.

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"Prostitution has long been called the oldest profession known to man. It has been philosophized about, debated, exalted and denied throughout recorded history. Unfortunately, a majority of that history has been written by men, and from their standing on the issue. It is hard to truthfully trace back a feminist critique on the subject past the musings of the romantic period and teachers such as Mary Wollenscraft. There are glimpses, of course. It seems that during the same period that the first books of the Bible were being written, feminine culture in the region had distinctly different views on the subject than those of the men. And other stories come to us from Greece of a race of women who forswore males altogether! It is altogether certain, though, that prostitution has been a topic of much debate among recent feminist thinkers, both male and female, and that its existence poses many questions of deep philosophical import. The ramifications of this one issue touch upon the most basic concepts of our world. They raise divisions on the ideal natures of God, of society, of freedom and self-expression, and of the purpose of the female sex."

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