A brief history of XXX (Independent / UK)

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Published: 21 January 2006

Published: 21 January 2006

If XXX is the oldest profession, then the XXX must be the oldest public institution. The Government's plan to make XXX legal - albeit only small ones, with a maximum of two XXX and a receptionist - may sound bold to those in Middle England who fear the woman next door may turn to a bit of home working. But the debate on whether XXX are best confined to XXX or allowed to walk the streets is hardly a new one...

Anthropologists suggest XXX did not actually seem to exist at all in what were once called primitive societies. There was no XXX for sale among the Aborigines of Australia before the white man arrived. Nor, apparently, were there XXX in societies ranging from the ancient Cymri people in Wales to recently discovered tribes in the jungles of Burma. XXX seems to be something to do with what we call civilisation ...

The first XXX proper seem to have been in ancient Egypt. Some historians suggest XXX was not common until the influence of Greek and Mesopotamian travellers took hold. But, in the times of the later Pharaohs, XXX and XXX were used to recruit XXX into XXX. XXX said a XXX XXX called XXX was so successful in XXX she XXX XXX XXX from her XXX ...

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