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by Jessicax23 on March 25th, 2007

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If prostitution is "the oldest profession," then how did they get paid?

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  • by PeterODB on July 4th, 2008

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    Maybe in roman times or older, food for sex was the go.

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  • by eric on December 29th, 2007

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    Ask Janice Dickinson.

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  • by amiableamy on March 25th, 2007

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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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  • by jangobean on March 25th, 2007

    jangobean

    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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  • by Anonymous on March 25th, 2007

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      I think the cliché about prostitution as the worlds oldest profession is based on a theory that Adam and Eve didn't literally eat a fruit to commit the first sin, but that the fruit was an allegory for them having sex; and that that was the first sin.

      Personally, I very much doubt that this theory is correct.  If it is, then perhaps it'd be more apt to say that the computer trade is the oldest profession; in that Adam and Eve traded an Apple for a Wang.

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  • by Occams Electric Razor on September 13th, 2009

    Occams Electric Razor

    trade.

    Sex in exchange for food, clothing, shelter

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  • by jova on September 13th, 2009

    jova

    The first prostitutes were paid with food.

    Even in the primate world male monkeys will pay for sex with food.

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  • by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on March 25th, 2007

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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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  • by jin jang on March 25th, 2007

    jin jang

    In the cavemen age I think it was leg of mammoth, or sabre tooth tiger soup.

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  • by Anonymous on September 13th, 2009

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    there was money in ancient rome.

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  • by Merriment on September 13th, 2009

    Merriment

    They had a variation of the cash for clunkers program and they got paid in sheep.

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  • by CelticNomad on March 25th, 2007

    CelticNomad

    If they got screwed, and then got screwed, isn't that being paid in kind?

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  • by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on May 17th, 2010

    Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog

    There are other ways than having a profession to acquire the money or tradeable goods. Someone who works in a gas station or second hand store will have money, but I don't think their occupation would stretch to being called a profession.

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  • by josie III on September 13th, 2009

    josie III

    Money

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  • by 23Skidoo on May 17th, 2010

    23Skidoo

    I agree. The first hooker got paid somehow, otherwise she wasn't a pro.

    So it must have been Farmer or perhaps Cave Decorator and Defender or... anything that a guy did well enough that the woman wanted.

    Shoemaker?
    :-)

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  • by Rollie on September 13th, 2009

    Rollie

    Barter system. It's as old as man and prostitution.

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  • by -Icy- on September 13th, 2009

    -Icy-

    gold baby we got gold nuggets +5

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