0000000000000000000@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhy is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhy is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?0000000000000000000@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·6 months agoI can’t answer that question, but I want to know why it’s called the oldest profession when sex work is still illegal in most of the world. A profession is usually a legal job. And sex workers should be legal everywhere as a human right.
minus-squaredownpunxx@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agothievery was probably the worlds second oldest proffesion
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-26 months agoProfession doesn’t mean legal. It’s just as opposed to amateur. ie. You make enough money doing it for it to pay your cost of living. But yeah it definitely should be legal, regulated, and unionized
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIt has been legal in large parts of the world at some point in history.
I can’t answer that question, but I want to know why it’s called the oldest profession when sex work is still illegal in most of the world. A profession is usually a legal job. And sex workers should be legal everywhere as a human right.
thievery was probably the worlds second oldest proffesion
Profession doesn’t mean legal. It’s just as opposed to amateur. ie. You make enough money doing it for it to pay your cost of living.
But yeah it definitely should be legal, regulated, and unionized
It has been legal in large parts of the world at some point in history.