Ancient Greek Prostitution

According to the Webster’s dictionary, “the word prostitution has been defined as the act of engaging in promiscuous sexual relations for money”

To understand prostitution we first have to go into the history of what is considered as the world’s oldest profession. One of the first recorded history of prostitution were the various shrines on the banks of rivers Tigris and Euphrates, which were dedicated to various deities where sacred prostitution was a common practice. In Ancient Greece, both men and women were engaged in prostitution where they had to wear distinctive dresses and had to pay taxes. The first brothel was set up in Athens, where, the earnings were dedicated to the Greek Goddess Aphrodite. In Rome, men of the highest social order used to engage themselves in prostitution, without incurring moral disapproval. Prostitution was legal, public and widespread and some brothels in Rome were run and owned by the state itself.

Even though the Roman Catholic Church considered any sexual activity outside of marriage as sinful, they allowed prostitution, so that the greater evils of rape

Moreover, the employers follow a policy of isolation where they remove the documents and no one around them can speak their language except for their employer and they are also denied access to health care and other sources of assistance. The victims are fearful of the law enforcement agencies and therefore fail to recognize assistance as the victims are often told that if they come into contact with law enforcement, then their condition shall be worse than what is currently happening to them. There is a threat of exposure as the victims feel that they have failed and are ashamed from the society as result of which it results in them being trapped in similar kind of