> Sex is inherently primal, bestial, even brutal in nature. for ducks, yes. For primates, it varies. > rewire millions of years of evolutionary drive and wra

> Sex is inherently primal, bestial, even brutal in nature. for ducks, yes. For primates, it varies. > rewire millions of years of evolutionary drive and wrap it up in a cute discrete transaction I don't think one can safely make that assertion. in Humans, sex is mostly cultural. Its not like we all return to the place of our birth to spawn, or spread our gametes in sync with the moon. We have huge amounts of control over how, when, where and what rules are applied to sex. It is common to have life partners, but in practice the average life span of a sexual relationship varies from hours to many years I suspect that you are seeing it through the lens of second hand middle class Victorian dogma. (like I do.) We (I say we, middle class class british) are taught that a good woman is one that is faithful and obedient. A good man however is heroic, and beats women off with a stick. Other cultures are not like that. Indeed Georgian England was not like that, especially in the upper and mercantile classes. (just look at the shit that happened in Vauxhall gardens.) But to answer your implied point, that selling one's body has always been seen as the lowest of the low. I don't think thats the case. Even in america a top quality brothel was held in higher esteem than dockers, Gong farmers or indeed peasants.