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 Legalize it and tax it |
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2010/10/23 03:03 |
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There is no way to avoid or stop this type of business. So why not legalize it and tax the people who are running it. Meantime, regularly provide the prostitutes physical checkup in order to control the disease and etc.
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| Favored locations |
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2010/10/18 17:24 |
The arches under the circus were a favorite location for prostitutes; ladies of easy virtue were ardent frequenters of the games of the circus and were always ready at hand to satisfy the inclinations which the spectacles aroused. These arcade dens were called "fornices," from which comes our generic fornication. The taverns, inns, lodging houses, cook shops, bakeries, spelt-mills and like institutions all played a prominent part in the underworld of Rome.
The taverns were generally regarded by the magistrates as brothels and the waitresses were so regarded by the law.[30] The poem "The Barmaid" ("Copa"), attributed to Virgil, proves that even the proprietress had two strings to her bow, and Horace,[31] in describing his excursion to Brundisium, narrates his experience, or lack of it, with a waitress in an inn. This passage, it should be remarked, is the only one in all his works in which he is absolutely sincere in what he says of women. "Here like a triple fool I waited till midnight for a lying jade till sleep overcame me, intent on venery; in that filthy vision the dreams spot my night clothes and my belly, as I lie upon my back." In the Aeserman inscription[32]
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| Sex worker registry |
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2010/10/18 17:22 |
Prostitution in ancient Rome﹝From Wikipedia﹞
Prostitution was regulated by law. When an applicant registered with the aedile, she gave her correct name, her age, place of birth, and the pseudonym under which she intended practicing her calling.[29]
If the girl was young and apparently respectable, the official sought to influence her to change her mind; failing in this, he issued her a license (licentia stupri), ascertained the price she intended exacting for her favors, and entered her name in his roll. Once entered there, the name could never be removed, but must remain for all time an insurmountable bar to repentance and respectability. Failure to register was severely punished upon conviction, and this applied not only to the girl but to the pimp as well. The penalty was scourging, and frequently fine and exile. Notwithstanding this, however, the number of clandestine prostitutes in Rome was probably equal to that of the registered prostitutes.
As the relations of these unregistered women were, for the most part, with politicians and prominent citizens it was very difficult to deal with them effectively: they were protected by their customers, and they set a price upon their favors which was commensurate with the jeopardy in which they always stood. The cells opened upon a court or portico in the pretentious establishments, and this court was used as a sort of reception room where the visitors waited with covered head, until the artist whose ministrations were particularly desired, as she would of course be familiar with their preferences in matters of entertainment, was free to receive them.
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| Prostitution in ancient Rome﹝From Wikipedia﹞ |
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2010/10/18 17:21 |
Brothels in Rome are known from literary sources, regionary lists, and comparative archaeological evidence from Pompeii. A brothel is commonly called a lupanar or lupanarium, from lupa, "she-wolf," misogynistic slang[21] for "prostitute," or fornix, a general term for a vaulted space or cellar. According to the regionaries,[22] lupanaria were concentrated in Regio II,[23] the Caelimontium, particularly in the Suburra that bordered the town walls, lying in the Carinae, the valley between the Caelian and Esquiline Hills.
The Great Market (macellum magnum) was in this district, along with many cook-shops, stalls, barber shops, the office of the public executioner, and the barracks for foreign soldiers quartered at Rome. Regio II was one of the busiest and most densely populated quarters in the entire city — an ideal location for the brothel owner or pimp.
The regular brothels are described as exceedingly dirty, smelling of characteristic odors lingering in poorly ventilated spaces and of the smoke from burning lamps, as noted accusingly by Seneca: "you reek still of the soot of the brothel."[24]
Some brothels aspired to a loftier clientele. Hair dressers were on hand to repair the ravages wrought by frequent amorous conflicts, and water boys (aquarioli) waited by the door with bowls for washing up.
The licensed houses seem to have been of two kinds: those owned and managed by a pimp (leno) or madam (lena), and those in which the latter was merely an agent, renting rooms and acting as a supplier for his renters. In the former, the owner kept a secretary, villicus puellarum, or an overseer for the girls. This manager assigned a girl her name, fixed her prices, received the money and provided clothing and other necessities.[25] It was also the duty of the villicus, or cashier, to keep an account of what each girl earned: "give me the brothel-keeper's accounts, the fee will suit."[26]
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| 好與壞；善與惡 |
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2010/10/18 17:05 |
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希臘懷疑論原典，公元二世紀前後﹝古羅馬帝國時代﹞的皮羅派理論的集大成者Sextus Empiricus的著作《懸擱判斷與心靈寧靜》一書，質疑：哲學中的倫理學部門“存在著天然就是好的、壞的或無所謂好壞的事物嗎？”書中舉例：非洲衣索匹亞人給孩子紋身，我們却不然；波斯人認為穿及足之染鮮亮色彩的長袍好看，我們却認為難看；印度人在公共場合性交，大多數其他民族視其為可恥；波斯人習慣於同性戀，羅馬法律却盡止之；羅馬人禁止通奸，而Massagetae人却視其為一個無所謂的習俗；我﹝羅馬帝﹞國對於母子通婚是禁止的，但是波斯人的習俗却允許這樣的婚姻；在埃及人那裏，兄妹結婚是習俗，但是我們的法律是禁止的；大多數人在隱秘的地方行房事，犬儒派哲學家Crates (320B.C.)却在公共場合與Hipparchia做愛；運動員追求榮譽，視其具有極大的價值，為此在生活中勤學苦練，但是許多哲學家却獨斷地宣稱榮譽是毫無價值的事情。.........................
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| 先生你忘了自己過去 |
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2010/10/16 12:08 |
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先生你忘了自己過去犯過的男人錯誤吧！「性」這件事是禁不了的
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| 讚!言所當言 |
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2010/10/16 00:29 |
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為民喉舌典範
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