Reddit reviews Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England (Studies in the History of Sexuality)

Chapter 2 of Common Women, which I referenced above, discusses at length the view that brothels were needed, but still frowned upon; and their regulation much in similar fashion as they are done today (kept to a certain part of town etc). It lays out the divide between licit and illicit brothels, and in it she writes:

> The official rationale for the establishment and regulation of the brothers accorded with the church doctrine in treating prostitutes as degraded and defiled but tolerated their activity because of masculine demand.

I am no victim. I have read legal records and other primary sources on this subject, dating back to the Middle Ages through the modern era here in America. There is nothing revisionist about what I have said. Read actual scholarship. Common Women would be an interesting place to start since the basis of our legal system, here in America, developed in this time period and looks at actual cases and laws instead of inventing an version of history that fits your views.

Thanks for the recommendation. For those who want to preview the first 5 pages of the book to get an idea of its tone, here is amazon's ereader for it.