Greek Prostitution History

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Abel, Gillian, et al. Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers fight for decriminalisation. Policy Press, 2010. Part two: Implementation and impact of the Prostitution Reform Act (2003): the first five years: Review of the PRA

During the 19th century, mid-1800s, working in brothels, or better known as prostitution, was without a doubt illegal. Some of the first women, who settled in the New Americas, also known as New York City, were prostitutes. They were exported from countries such as Asia and France, to board ships, to distract free men- from all colonies- from having sexual relations with Native American women. It was typically expected of women to marry once they arrived and free men treated these women as if they were property. Women were expected to be pious, which meant that they were expected to be deeply spiritual and those women who actually managed to be religious were regarded well and accorded the honor of having a position in a church or in a charitable organization.

Sex boycotts, documented during the Greek empire and the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta, have been a traditional interesting non-violent method to resolve conflicts. The Australian aboriginals community also illustrated the sex boycott as a popular practice. Contemporary examples in Colombia in 2005 , in the Philippines and in Canada in 2012 confirmed the vulgarization of the “Lysistrata regime” to achieve social, political and economic goals.

After the Escorts comes the Bar girls/boys who are hustlers, strippers and table dancers that work in night clubs, bars and strip joints primarily. Then comes the house girls that work in brothels which would run by a madam (female recruiter) or a pimp (male recruiter); they have very little to no freedom in selecting their client and cannot turn down a customer. After that come the bottom two classes – street-walkers and drug-addicts. The street-walkers are prostitute work at a specific location and in open street and dress very provocatively to entice their customers. The bottom tier, drug-addicts are man or woman who would have sex with others just to have drugs or money to buy drugs. These five ranks also determines how much freedom and options you have and the entry and exit in the sex industry; the higher the rank the hard to enter and easy to quit while it remains the opposite in the lower rank. The higher rank prostitutes also have more protection and security than the lower rank ones and there are more violent events (rape, death etc) in the lower rank than the higher rank that have an established business with higher and exclusive clientele. Despite it’s danger and the cultural taboo condemning it, in the documentary Prostitution: the oldest trade, where several prostitutes were interviewed on how they feel about

The visible sexuality that women wield intrigues men, which is why it is so often displayed in art. With this, sex, sexuality, and sex appeal are the ultimate channels by which to gain power. This is indicative in the fact that courtesans

This section will be a review of the current conversation taking place on the topic of prostitution pre and post Christian church in the Roman Empire. While there are several scholars discussing pre Christian church like Rebecca Flemming and Robert Knapp and a few like Thomas A.J. McGinn, Vern L. Bullough, and James A. Brundage who are discussing post Christian church none are documenting the evolution in perception, law, and sexuality concerning the prostitutes at the time of the transition from paganism to Christianity.

The combination of “Medieval Europe” and “Prostitution” are not normally linked in the same image in peoples minds. One impression of 11th and 12th century Medieval Europe was a time period dominated by the church and it’s conservative views on life. The church controlled all aspect of human life, from marriage arrangement, intercourse, adultery and even death. The moral views of the church and the combination of the newly reform Canon laws made this period one of the most repress in European history. The church views on men and women were that they should be fully celibate and suppress all their sexual desire.

Prostitution, sometimes referred to as “the world’s oldest profession” (Henslin, pg. 54), is defined by James M. Henslin as “the renting of one’s body for sexual purposes” (pg. 54). This arrangement, though illegal and socially deviant in most parts of the world, exists universally in many different forms (pg. 54). As a matter of fact, types of prostitutes range greatly in variety from call girls – who are said to be “the elite of prostitutes” (pg. 58), to streetwalkers – “who have the lowest status among prostitutes” (pg. 58), to sugar babies -young, physically attractive women who provide “rich, older men” (Kitchener, par.4) “…with attention (and sex) in exchange for the finer things in life” (par. 4).

Prostitution, as stated by Flemming, is known as a form of sexual activity, a kind of sexual style or category, and a form of economic activity, a way of making a living through the provisions of certain services, by behaving in accordance with, or falling into such a category (39). This definition, though, is controversial. While conducting research for this project, we found that most topics regarding prostitution and its affiliates were controversial. Each author gave a differing interpretation for the same data. Due to this, our project centered on the female prostitutes, even though there is evidence of male prostitutes.

Sex workers attributions and systematic play in society have been explored throughout several centuries of global narration. Sex workers have always been an entity throughout history, seen as both symbols of beauty as well as patrons of Satan. The sex worker is not stagnant to one specific gender, but typically has been demonstrated as a female with little identification or recognition in the within modern day. Throughout the course of this semester we have explored examples of how sex work and sex workers are documented within different cultures; along with the western perspective of sex in relation to their country and their global position. The western perspective of sex work and the perception of sex work in other nations have both parallels and opposing ideology of this type of labor. This conflicting philosophy towards sex work has caused internal and external conflict in certain countries. Yet, today it is clear how western influence has inserted itself into many cultures. The traditional, political, social and religious beliefs of countries are being permeated with western philosophy. This is and has created a divide amongst the native people of these nations; creating a clash between traditional and western ideology. The division of western ideology and traditional belief is particularly evident within Southern India, specifically focusing on sex workers. Sex workers in Southern India known as Devadasi have been the center of conflict and the site of

Mahasweta Devi’s short story, “Giribala,” is about the life of Giribala, a girl of Talsana village located in India. Born into a caste in a time when it was still customary to pay a bride-price, Giri is sold to Aulchand by her father. From this point on, we see a series of unfortunate, tragic events that take place in Giri’s life as a result of the circumstances surrounding Giri’s life. There are many issues in Giri’s life in India that Devi highlights to readers. First, the economic instability of the village leads to an extremely poor quality of life for the lower, working classes. Next, the cruel role of women determined by men in society is to either satisfy the sexual desires of men or to reproduce offspring who can work or be sold off to marriages. There are also other social norms and beliefs which discriminate against women that will be discussed.

In Greece there are three main problems that my company has not done (improving housing and giving alternatives,police problems and giving education on trafficking and schooling). If no actions are taken the refugees will be out on the cold during the winter and there quality of goes down,more people will be harmed and are less likely to go back home or start their new life .Secondly the people are being trafficked into (work camps and some women and children are forced into sex trafficking)(5 out of 57 potential victims in 2015 came forward to the police) The number may be small but that was only the potential victims and there can more victims out there who can not come forward because they're scared on what their pimp /pimps would do to them ( raped,beaten and killed ) or they can not leave or have the money to start a case.According to traffic persons report and the do something website “ 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders”(11 facts about human trafficking).The refugee housing is becoming limited because the people fleeing from other countries like Sudan,Iran,Egypt and Turkey are headed straight to Greece .The refugees use tents and some use abandoned buildings which is unsafe because the building can be not up to code which is unsafe.When you have a sick child or other persons exposed to the elements they can become more sick and develop an infection that can make them severely ill or they will eventually die.According to Maryam who was interviewed by Amnesty International explains how when she went to the police they laugh in her face even though they caused it and doctor refused them.These offices are supposed to protect the camps, but they are causing more pain and suffering.The website also has the story of 19 year old Rania

Ganguli says her play is about “all” of us and that Sanichari represents “women in general.” She adds, “I believe that the Indian woman, whether it’s Sanichari or someone from the middle or upper class, is highly exploited in our society. Somehow I see Sanichari protesting against society [on the] whole.” (Mee: 9-10) Anjum Katyal notes that in Mahasweta Devi’s novel the upper classes, whereas in Ganguli’s play men exploit women. Nonetheless, Ganguli’s play retains Mahasweta Devi’s economic critique. (Mee 9-10)

Driving further north we arrived at Raja Steet, the silk hub of the city. The narrow market street had stores on either side, some large showrooms, others singular stalls. Intrigued, I went to Shobha Sarees. For the wedding, I had visited a number of such showrooms in Mumbai and Kolkatta but the service I received at Shobha was second to none. The attendants dutifully displayed their wares, meekly waiting for me to decide. In the 30 minutes I spent there, I discovered that women were treated with utmost respect in the city. In hindsight, I might even add that they were truly revered.