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-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·6 months agoThat would make hunting/gathering the oldest profession, so that you have something you can trade for sex.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoIt depends on whether you’re considering “a profession” to be something that someone does to gain goods/services/“value” from another person, or from nature.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoSo a farmer isn’t a profession? If the hunter/gather is trading food for sex, then they are doing to gain services from another person.
That would make hunting/gathering the oldest profession, so that you have something you can trade for sex.
It depends on whether you’re considering “a profession” to be something that someone does to gain goods/services/“value” from another person, or from nature.
So a farmer isn’t a profession?
If the hunter/gather is trading food for sex, then they are doing to gain services from another person.