0000000000000000000@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhy is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoSo 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.
minus-squarepm_me_your_lotto_num@fanaticus.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoSubsistence farming isn’t a profession by that definition because they aren’t producing something for someone else, just themselves.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago they aren’t producing something for someone else They are if they’re trading it for sex.
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.
Subsistence farming isn’t a profession by that definition because they aren’t producing something for someone else, just themselves.
They are if they’re trading it for sex.