Photo story Clockwise from top le f t : 1 Allied soldiers during WWI tried to utilize their next few mortal days 2 History of prostitution extends to all modern and ancient cultures 3 There were officially sanctioned brothels in France during WWI; A group of prostitutes in Marseilles, France in 4 Anti brothel and anti V. Human sexual practice is the behavior in which humans express and experience their sexuality. In many cultures, sexual activity is considered acceptable only within marriage.
Prostitution is the practice or business of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for a payment. Nothing can unleash sex like war. After all, when a soldier knows that he might die tomorrow, the thing that might pop up in his head is having sex tonight.
Since the known history of ancient Roman wars to modern warfare, sex has decided wars and thus changed the world. Seductive spies, porn and even officially sanctioned brothels were used as part of strategy for victory during wars.
Both the World Wars saw the development of middle class and working women who came into major cities to take on war jobs. Many male soldiers were also assigned to the same towns at the same time.
For many of these war working women, prostitution became a normal practice in order to supplement their income. The same situation occurred in Rome and Berlin and possibly in Moscow as well. Until , brothels were legal in France. In , France signed the convention to suppress human trafficking and exploitation of prostitution. Local codes of ethics were adopted by the British army when fighting in another country.
