0000000000000000000@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhy is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareWhy is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?0000000000000000000@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoIt 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-down2·6 months agoSo 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-down3·6 months ago they aren’t producing something for someone else They are if they’re trading it 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.