Prostitution has been practiced throughout ancient and modern cultures.[1][2] Prostitution has been described as "the world's oldest profession".[3][4][5]
^Jenness, Valerie (1990). "From Sex as Sin to Sex as Work: COYOTE and the Reorganization of Prostitution as a Social Problem", Social Problems, 37(3), 403-420. "[P]rostitution has existed in every society for which there are written records"