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    Sacred prostitution, temple prostitution, cult prostitution, and religious prostitution are purported rites consisting of paid intercourse performed in...
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  • Sacred prostitution, also known as temple or cult prostitution, involved various activities in ancient times, many of which that occurred in Greece were...
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  • Prostitution, as defined under modern Japanese law, is the illegal practice of sexual intercourse with an 'unspecified' (unacquainted) person in exchange...
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    where sacred prostitution was a common practice. Sumerian records dating back to ca. 2400 BCE are the earliest recorded mention of prostitution as an...
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    Prostitution is a type of sex work that involves engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is...
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    memoir Some Girls: My Life in a Harem. Internet prostitution Male prostitution ("call boy") Prostitution Punternet Secret Diary of a Call Girl, a British...
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    Prostitution in Japan has existed throughout the country's history. While the Prostitution Prevention Law of 1956 states that "No person may either do...
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    scholarly consensus that sacred prostitution existed, and some argue that sex acts within the temple were limited to yearly sacred fertility rites aimed...
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    ancient world of men or women selling sexual services in sacred shrines, or sacred prostitution, was attested to be practiced by foreign or pagan cultures...
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    Street prostitution is a form of prostitution in which a prostitute solicits customers from a public place, most commonly a street, while waiting at street...
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    Brothel (redirect from Brothel prostitution)
    were free to seek out customers in the streets. In later years, sacred prostitution and similar classifications of women existed in Greece, Rome, India...
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    Prostitution was a common aspect of ancient Greece. In the more important cities, and particularly the many ports, it employed a significant number of...
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  • Temple of Aphrodite at Acrocorinth (category Sacred prostitution)
    scholarship that defined the concept of sacred prostitution into doubt. Budin regards the concept of sacred prostitution as a myth, arguing taxatively that...
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    business where prostitution occurs Transporting a prostitute to the location of their arrangement Deriving financial gain from the prostitution of another...
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    Shamhat (category Sacred prostitution)
    Gilgamesh and is mentioned in Tablet VII. She is often characterized as a sacred prostitute, though this identification has been contested, and she plays...
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  • forms of prostitution, such as street prostitution, makes statistics on these forms easier to collect. However, in some countries street prostitution forms...
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    Prostitution laws varies widely from country to country, and between jurisdictions within a country. At one extreme, prostitution or sex work is legal...
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  • sometimes called janes,[citation needed] although the vast majority of prostitution clients are male in almost all countries. There are many terms for clients...
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    of Eryx was the practise of sacred prostitution, which was carried out by the "servants" of the goddess. Sacred prostitution at the Veneris fānum was well...
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    Window prostitution is a form of prostitution that is fairly common in the Netherlands and surrounding countries. The prostitute rents a window plus workspace...
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  • county's prostitution laws, then the general age of consent laws for that country apply. Prostitution portal Sex work portal Prostitution law Prostitution by...
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    Child prostitution is prostitution involving a child, and it is a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children. The term normally refers to prostitution...
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    Prostitution portal Sex work portal The legality of prostitution in Asia varies by country. There is often a significant difference in Asia between prostitution...
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    Eisheth Zenunim, Na'amah, and Agrat bat Mahlat, all being "angels" of sacred prostitution. Notably, the same work later calls him Azazel, which might be a...
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  • Agrat bat Mahlat (category Sacred prostitution)
    Zoharistic Kabbalah, she is a queen of the demons and an angel of sacred prostitution, who mates with archangel Samael along with Lilith and Naamah, sometimes...
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  • prostitutes and courtesans includes famous persons who have engaged in prostitution and courtesan work. Rahab of Jericho Aspasia, Greek hetaera, companion...
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    Hieros gamos (redirect from Sacred marriage)
    actuality by the High Priest and High Priestess. Maithuna Spirit spouse Sacred prostitution Sex magic Sovereignty goddess Tantra Fertility rites Hinz, Evelyn...
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  • Prostitution portal Bitch (insult) Basic bitches Third-wave feminism § Reclaiming derogatory terms Sisters Offering Support, ALVARO, Prostitution Intervention...
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    pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult...
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    Punic sacred prostitution is mentioned by Latin author Valerius Maximus, who describes how Carthaginian women gained gifts by engaging in prostitution with...
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