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Prostitution has been practiced throughout ancient and modern culture

Earliest records dated by Sumerian shows Prostitution as a sacred occupation.

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Greek historian Herodotus documented that sacred prostitution was a common practice.

goddess ishtar

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Sumerian records describe temple-bordello operated by Sumerian priests in the city of
Uruk. This temple was dedicated to the Ishtar,
you could find three different tipe of women
Divided by grades:

  • The first grade of women were only permitted to perform sexual rituals in the temple

  • the second grade catered the visitors

  • the third were free to find customers in the streets

Male prostitution

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In the Canaan region A significant portion of temple prostitutes were male. This was also practiced in the Phoenician cultures, usually in honor of the goddess Ashtart

Emperor Constantine

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Such practices came to an end when the emperor Constantine in the 4th century AD destroyed the goddess temples and replaced the religious practices with Christianity.

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