This paper on "A Theory of prostitution" was circulated earlier on PEN-L. According to the authors prostitution is a part of the "marriage market". http://ideas.repec.org/a/ucp/jpolec/v110y2002i1p181-214.html -raghu.
On 6/21/07, Leigh Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cf: http://leighm.net/wp/2007/06/21/beautykit_adbst/ 'The Product Is Her' Leigh On 6/21/07, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [quite a bit dated, but still... ] "God has created man and woman and > tied them together by mutual attraction; but man has tried to keep > them asunder by dividing their labor into man's specialist and woman's > generalist tasks. He may have aimed at securing the lion's share of > leisure and comfort for himself, but that sexist division of labor had > three other undesirable effects as well: it has tended to limit the > sexes' mutual attraction and enjoyment of each other's company to the > physical sphere, it has deprived women of economic independence, and > it has deprived men of the stimulus satisfaction that accompanies the > generalist's tasks." -- Tibor Scitovsky, _The Joyless Economy_, 1976: > 1992 edition, p. 283. > > Scitovsky is also the only economist I've read who refers to sexual activity. > > -- > Jim Devine / "The price one pays for pursuing any profession or > calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side." -- James Baldwin >
