well, i remember reading some time in the distant past, that whore/prostitute/slut, are really constructs of the modern world. Christianity's views on sex and feminism have a lot to do with sexually open women being held in such low regard. they weren't exactly exalted in ancient times, but its seems that prostitution had less of stigma. as it tend to still have today in Japan-- and geisha's, not prostititutes, but also not renowned for chasity! are held in high regard.

there are many different terms that were used to signify a sexual active woman, including 'she-wolf'; so romus and romulus, were suckled not by an animal, but by a woman who was a what we in english would call a 'suckling nurse'-- who perhaps had a child out of wedlock, and maybe worked in the sex industry.

Which is not to say that my name sake was woman of sterling character. she left her husband and eloped with another man(his supposed friend) for a sexual jaunt, not carring a wit about the consiquences.

she was a valuable 'commodity'-- she had been blessed by the gods with great beauty, and she was, as a daughter of a god, a demigod herself.


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