Clark
(2001) posits that prostitution is dubbed as the World’s oldest profession. The
bible scholar heave it that prostitution was recorded in the early old
testament period, which goes on to support that. Eunor M. Miller (1986) gave a
more vivid hint into the history and development of prostitution as a
profession she asserts dates back as for as the ancient times pivoted on this,
she offered a comprehensive history of prostitution as follows. States brothels were established in
Athens (639-559 BC), were the employees came from the west strata of society,
later it led to the independent prostitutes being regulated and taxed. Rome in
ancient times also had prostitution licensed only patrician women were
absolutely forbidden. By AD305, all prostitutes were excommunicated from the early christen church
on moral grounds.
Notwithstanding, prostitution and their trade remain a well established institution as it remains and flourishes in the profane world. The high middle ages saw prostitution come under the protection and regulation of municipal government. Female prostitution expanded greatly even in the Victorian period of rigid morality, despite the fact that it was condemned.
The Islamic invasion of India (AD 1000) resulted in
official pronouncement against the practice of prostitution since it was
against the practice of Koran, while in china, since the communist revolution,
efforts to grant women equal access to political and economic right come along
with campaigns against prostitution, prostitution there dates back from the
Chua dynasty.
Finally, in Africa and Latin America, prior to colonization,
prostitution was limited to the religious realms. An upsurge in the practice
mainly in Africa, only resulted from the offers of urbanization, wage, labour
and poverty, the trend here was heightened by industrial and technological
development which increased the displacement of people from traditional kinship
ties.