“Prostitution is said to be the world’s oldest profession.”
It is, indeed, a model of all professional work: the worker relinquishes control over himself … in exchange for money. Because of the passivity it entails, this is a difficult and, for many, a distasteful role.
Source: The Second Sin (1973), p. 45.
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