Desire to lust A short history of prostitution There is a right to reproduce. This right does not appear in any law. This right applies to se(x)ual desire itself. This drive, it irritates, it disturbs and is despised. In the heyday of abstinence, chastity and the still valid celibacy, the prohibition of marriage of the clerical staff, in short, asceticism, were considered the social ideal par excellence. At the same time, the religiously based thesis of chastity is hard to believe: Where one's own libido is not acted upon, it leads to a renunciation of violence. This special exception is at the core of numerous religious arguments. This mostly leads to one problem: violence itself.

If there were an abstinent life, if there were no more violence against women, children, or no violence between men. There would be a peaceful society, if it were one without sexuality. Mahatma Gandhi had predicted this stance at the beginning of the 20th century. For him asceticism, he called it Satyagraha, was a form of Indian resistance to British occupation. He wanted to renounce violence as well as the abandonment of descendants, to prevent the rebirth of involuntary servants. This was in vain, as we know. But the abstinence of se(x) as well as violence, seemed to work together. The real problem with this is not the sex but the violence.

Violence caused by people since the Neolithic period, is the main disaster of all societies. Murder is violence. When it is not about political, economic or ideological conflicts, murder is essentially based on the fight for women. According to Homer, the ancient Greek war in Troy began with the abduction of the "beautiful Helena", a daughter of a king, through the son of a king. War is however a bigger problem. Even though it mostly had economic causes, the main impact was of a se(x)ual nature. War is the collapse of se(x)ual satisfaction. Nothing demoralizes opponents more than violence and abuse against its women and children.

Wars are mostly fought by men. Either "sporting" on geographically limited battlefields with soldiers who often live for years in barracks on sexual deprivation - including respect for homoerotic sex. Or war is that is led by soldiers by means of territorial intrusion, that results in high casualty rates among the female civilian population. There is mainly a connection between violence and the impossibility of se(x)ual satisfaction, including prostitution - this is what this is about in this context.