Aphrodite's Trade: The Hidden History of Prostitution Unveiled Paperback - 2010

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In Aphrodites Trade author Lochlainn Seabrook takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the biological foundations of prostitution among early humans to its sacred functions in the religions of the ancient world, then onto its vital role as a commercialized occupation in the 21st Century. Basing his findings on well established primatological, anthropological, sociobiological, mythological, and archaeological data, he reveals what few have dared contemplate: because prostitution began as a survival mechanism among our ancestors several million years ago, it is literally part of our DNA. Rather than expending valuable resources trying to suppress it, the author argues, society would be much better off understanding, accepting, and decriminalizing it. Book is endorsed by Margo St. James, Carol Leigh, Norma Jean Almodovar, and Dolores French. Foreword is by Xaviera Hollander, author of the international blockbuster The Happy Hooker. Often compared to English writer and poet Robert Graves, Lochlainn Seabrook is the sixth great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford and the author of over thirty popular adult and childrens books, including Britannia Rules: Goddess-Worship in Ancient Anglo-Celtic Society; The Book of Kelle: An Introduction to Goddess-Worship and the Great Celtic Mother-Goddess Kelle; Carnton Plantation Ghost Stories: True Tales of the Unexplained From Tennessees Most Haunted Civil War House!; A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest; and The Caudills: An Etymological, Ethnological, and Genealogical Study.