the oldest one being prostitution right?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

yeah

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Maybe I'm just dumb but my guess is there were farmers before prostitutes.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well, technically hunters.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

probably by job the saying means paid for?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah that's what I was thinking too. I was wondering if hunters/farmers got paid in any way in the first place.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

well i guess farmers and hunters did that for subsistence and not for trade.. Its quite difficult to debate on that subject..

by Anonymous 14 years ago

its just a saying that prostitution is the oldest job of the world.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

i thought in hamlet they said grave diggers were?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

believe it or not, there was a whole world before shakespeare.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yes, but the grave diggers were joking around and said that. it'd have to be the first job because what else would they do with the dead?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

What happened to hunters and gatherers?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Here and gone): as i said before its just a saying that prostitution is the oldest profession..and the post relies on that aspect.. but if you want to debate about the fact IF it was the first job then hunters and gatherers would fit in because prostitutes are usually women that offer sexual services in exchange of money or some kind of gratification.. Hunters and gatherers were part of a social institution whereby they needed to bring food mainly as a part of their role for their group and hence did not really hunt or gather as a job but rather as an 'activity'. Prostitution is really something old even if it may not be theoretically the first profession. Study of the ruins at pompei even revealed that brothels was part of the community there. And pompei is very old.. I can't even believe what i have just written here :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Here and gone): as i said before its just a saying that prostitution is the oldest profession..and the post relies on that aspect.. but if you want to debate about the fact IF it was the first job then hunters and gatherers would fit in because prostitutes are usually women that offer sexual services in exchange of money or some kind of gratification.. Hunters and gatherers were part of a social institution whereby they needed to bring food mainly as a part of their role for their group and hence did not really hunt or gather as a job but rather as an 'activity'. Prostitution is really something old even if it may not be theoretically the first profession. Study of the ruins at pompei even revealed that brothels was part of the community there. And pompei is very old.. I can't even believe what i have just written here :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

ronald reagan said that, dont take credit for it. at least use quotation marks, dont act like you thought of that all yourself.

by Anonymous 14 years ago