That would make hunting/gathering the oldest profession, so that you have something you can trade for sex.
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memfree@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
It’s not just us humans, chimps trade meat for sex: nationalgeographic.com/…/chimps-behavior-sex-news…
Yale taught monkeys about money, and yup, they traded money for sex. From archive of NYT article:
Further proof that the monkeys truly understood money: the monkey who was paid for sex immediately traded the token in for a grape.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
otp@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
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.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
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.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That was a fascinating read! Thanks!