Was it really, though? You’d think that would curb prostitution a lot. Yet, history is littered with notorious “bohemian bachelors” that lived long lives in the company of prostitutes before acquiring the disease.
Edit: never mind that. In looking up what I thought were examples, it seems I grossly overestimated their lifespans.
Well, if you’re shacking up with an illegal prostitute pre-modern-medicine… By my math, a lot.
Was it really, though? You’d think that would curb prostitution a lot. Yet, history is littered with notorious “bohemian bachelors” that lived long lives in the company of prostitutes before acquiring the disease.
Edit: never mind that. In looking up what I thought were examples, it seems I grossly overestimated their lifespans.
They were here for a good time, not a long time.