Prostitution

The term prostitution refers to the act of having sexual intercourse, or performing other sexual acts, for other motivations than the biological sexual drives (being lust and/or love), this without being physically forced to perform such acts. This excludes any form of rape from the definition. A prostitute can be motivated in many ways, the most common of which is financial compensation (University of Texas). Most prostitutes are women who offer their services to men, although there are male prostitutes as well. Organizers of prostitution are typically known as pimps (if male), madams (if female).

Prostitution is often described as "the world's oldest profession" (gURL). It has been thought prostitution cannot have emerged before money. However, prostitution in exchange for goods or services could have been going on for thousands of years and could date to early man. Additionally, prostitution has been noted in a few species of Animals such as types of monkeys......

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