0000000000000000000 to No Stupid Questions • 2 months agoWhy is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?message-square64fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down16file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-6•2 months agoThat would make hunting/gathering the oldest profession, so that you have something you can trade for sex.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•2 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•2 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•2 months ago they aren’t producing something for someone else They are if they’re trading it for sex.
That would make hunting/gathering the oldest profession, so that you have something you can trade 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.
So the two professions would be equally old.