Comment on Why is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?
otp@sh.itjust.works 3 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.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 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.
pm_me_your_lotto_num@fanaticus.social 3 months ago
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
They are if they’re trading it for sex.
idiomaddict@feddit.de 3 months ago
So the two professions would be equally old.