0000000000000000000@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 个月前Why is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareWhy is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?0000000000000000000@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 个月前message-square64fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·5 个月前That would make hunting/gathering the oldest profession, so that you have something you can trade for sex.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 个月前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.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·5 个月前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.
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minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·5 个月前 they aren’t producing something for someone else They are if they’re trading it for sex.
minus-squareidiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 个月前So the two professions would be equally old.
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.
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They are if they’re trading it for sex.
So the two professions would be equally old.