tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post4860677723525029405..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: Prostitution and the Law in the Long 18th CenturyCatherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-90715150071293452142016-02-26T13:39:02.349+00:002016-02-26T13:39:02.349+00:00That's such an interesting subject, I'm re...That's such an interesting subject, I'm researching it for another project at the moment.Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-61930626997407818272016-02-26T13:38:40.558+00:002016-02-26T13:38:40.558+00:00I absolutely agree with you, Swift looms large ove...I absolutely agree with you, Swift looms large over that particular "melancholy account".Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-9520907424388593842016-02-26T13:38:06.741+00:002016-02-26T13:38:06.741+00:00The story of parliament in so many ways!The story of parliament in so many ways!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-52581065259061092782016-02-26T13:37:52.284+00:002016-02-26T13:37:52.284+00:00All of Catherine's books are great, highly rec...All of Catherine's books are great, highly recommended!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-59318160689122492652016-02-25T09:08:34.597+00:002016-02-25T09:08:34.597+00:00no male prostitutes? they existed, and threatened ...no male prostitutes? they existed, and threatened the trade of the females bcuz they were seen to be 'stealing' clients plus they made more money (the additional dangers and secrecy required it). Sashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07116446448131614120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-8031172901578052782016-02-17T10:09:29.391+00:002016-02-17T10:09:29.391+00:00A magnificent article, Bliss Bennet, interesting, ...A magnificent article, Bliss Bennet, interesting, thought-provoking and well-written.<br /><br />It seems to me that the 'Particular but Melancholy Account of the Great Hardships, Difficulties and Miseries, that those unhappy and Much-to-be-pitied Creatures, the Common Women of the Town, are Plung’d into at this Juncture (1751)' is ironic and has more than a touch of Swift about it. Is that so, do you think.<br /><br />"...sucked into the reprehensible trade". Really, Bliss Bennet, what were you thinking of!<br /><br />Stephen Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236736911566083629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-59385345342423467732016-02-16T15:53:38.378+00:002016-02-16T15:53:38.378+00:00Thank you for your interesting post. I had not ap...Thank you for your interesting post. I had not appreciated that there was such a fundamental change in the law in 1822, and it's interesting that it was amended as soon as 1824. Perhaps if the Act had been properly considered and debated the amendment wouldn't have been necessary; as originally drafted it undermined the maxim of innocent until proven guilty.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553503435833467369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-8957908289455112592016-02-16T14:28:51.237+00:002016-02-16T14:28:51.237+00:00Great post, and a fascinating subject - an a reall...Great post, and a fascinating subject - an a really great twist for a historical romance, love it. I've just finished Catherine Arnold's City of Sin: London and its Vices which gives a history of the sex trade in London from Roman times. What struck me was not so much what's changed but what has not. Marguerite Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886711566567879237noreply@blogger.com