If prostitution is "the oldest profession," then how did they get paid?
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Jessicax23
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Money didn't always exist, but that doesn't mean forms of payment didn't either. They were probably given other types of currency, valuable items, such as cattle.
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In the cavemen age I think it was leg of mammoth, or sabre tooth tiger soup.
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If they got screwed, and then got screwed, isn't that being paid in kind?
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My grandmother was friendly with guys during the war so she would get to eat and bring home food for her kids. Then again that is how she got some kids. Don't get me wrong, my grandmother wasn't a prostitute but she was willing to be friendly for favors.
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I think prostitution has been around since the birth of civilization as we know it. It boils down to supply and demand, just like any business - if the demand is there, then someone will be willing to supply that demand. Although money has been around for a very long time - the first written records of money date back to 1200BC in Southern Algeria, and it's interesting to note that this written record (a stone inscription) relates to twelve shekels being paid into an account held by Algar Hammurabi in return for the use of his daughter.
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Ask Janice Dickinson.
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Maybe in roman times or older, food for sex was the go.
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The first prostitutes were paid with food. Even in the primate world male monkeys will pay for sex with food.
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trade. Sex in exchange for food, clothing, shelter
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They had a variation of the cash for clunkers program and they got paid in sheep.
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there was money in ancient rome.
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Money
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gold baby we got gold nuggets +5
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Barter system. It's as old as man and prostitution.
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