Comment on Why is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?
lvxferre@mander.xyz 11 months ago
This reminds me an experiment made with capuchin monkeys, where the researchers were using small discs as some sort of currency. They could use it to buy stuff like pieces of cucumber (they eat it, but it’s meh), jell-o (they like it), grapes (they love it)…
One of the things that they reported is that a female exchanged sex for a disc. Then used said disc to buy a grape.
Conclusion: sex for goods is likely a human behaviour that predates humankind itself.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Or maybe it’s not really unique from other animals, we just have fictional currency and choosy morality. Every animal I can think of has the male doing all the courting work. Male spiders dance, birds sing and survive with brighter colors, bugs may lose their heads, giraffes punch females in the bladder to see if they’re even ready for sex, straight female prostitution drastically outweighs straight males, etc. It seems like the one who has to actually develop the offspring has the option to be much choosier. So did the capuchin prostitute herself or is that our morality being imposed on godless creatures who likely see no difference between sex, cleaning, or feeding each other as each is some type of need?
Taco2112@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The capuchin engaged in sexual activity for payment, call it what you want but that pretty much the dictionary definition of prostitution. It’s not a moral or god question it’s semantics.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You can pay someone to pretend to be romantic on a date, to give you a massage, or to use their bodies for labor tasks. What exactly makes sex different?
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Your argument is shit and you know it. Jog on.
Taco2112@lemmy.world 11 months ago
From Wikipedia:The definition of “sexual activity” varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, manual sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Literally the definition of the word.
kemsat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lmao godless The only difference between you & them is you got a stick up your ass
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 11 months ago
At no point was “godless” meant as an insult. I have no god. Doesn’t change the fact that a large portion of my definitions of moral behavior are rooted in my local dominant religion’s opinion.
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 11 months ago
FFS. Are you 12?
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So many logical fallacies to unpack, and no formatting to assist in legibility? Nah, I’m good.
0001@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
No wonder I’m still single.