LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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prostitution was considered problematic but legal
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the Church opposed prostitution on moral grounds
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prostitution was considered a solution to epidemics of rape
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle Ages in Europe witnessed a universal paradox of tolerance and condemnation with regards to prostitution. While technically a sin (because it hinged on the act of fornication), prostitution was recognized by the church and others as a necessary, or “lesser evil” (Karras, 246).
Detailed explanation-2: -(a) A prostitute, whore; a concubine; a loose woman, an adulteress; also fig.; womman, womman ; arrai, the garb of a harlot; mongere, one who consorts with prostitutes, a whoremonger; strumpetis hous, a brothel; (b) glossing L pronuba: a go-between or procuress; (c) as a term of abuse; (d) in proverbs.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, despite the existence of brothels and prostitution being widely accepted, prostitutes themselves were often shunned. Attitudes towards sex work were complex and fraught with societal and cultural tensions: prostitutes themselves were often slaves or former slaves, at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
Detailed explanation-4: -The consequences are grave. There are incidences of violence and murder, sexually transmitted diseases, robbery, financially ripped off etc. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that government should criminalize prostitution and enact a law to ban its existence.
Detailed explanation-5: -prostitution, the practice of engaging in relatively indiscriminate sexual activity, in general with someone who is not a spouse or a friend, in exchange for immediate payment in money or other valuables.