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Is there any source about Köçek troupe?

What now? — LlywelynII 11:26, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Middle Ages[edit]

Rather a summary treatment I think. Prostitution in the 11th, 12th and 13th cents was often associated with bath houses. Bath houses eventually fell into disrepute and were suppressed. It has been suggested that this made populations more vulnerable to parasite-borne disease. The colour green was associated with mediaeval prostitution, with prostitutes often being required to wear green. I'm not an authority but could this information be taken up in the article? -Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 01:09, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seems mostly made up, so... No? — LlywelynII 11:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of term Hooker[edit]

"Origin of term 'HOOKER' In the 1700s Fells Point, Maryland was one of the largest shipbuilding centers on the U.S. East Coast. The peninsula of Fells Point (on a 1700's map) was shaped like a fish HOOK. Sailors generally look forward to returning to their home port, looking forward to spending time with the "HOOKERS". http://www.prattlibrary.org/" I removed the above from the page, since it seems very badly sourced, and was improperly formatted. If someone verifies, and properly sources it, feel free to add it back.85.138.94.216 (talk) 16:14, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient Babylon and Sumer[edit]

"SK need to protect women's property rights."

"SK" is not defined, linked or in common parlance. Defining, linking or updating "SK" might make the sentence more helpful to readers. -Avurax (talk) 17:10, 10 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update 19th century section[edit]

I plan to add some updates in the 19th century section. AnaSoc (talk) 00:58, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Pick a lane[edit]

Obviously the 16th–21st centuries included Arabia, India, China, Japan, America, and (however unfortunately) the United Kingdom. Either divide by region or by time period. If the medieval to early modern section just covers Europe, make them subsections of a section on Europe and shunt material on other regions out. If the 20th & 21st centuries theoretically cover everyone, add the material from the regional and national sections back into them and make it clear that the regional treatment is only handling the ancient/medieval period for those areas. — LlywelynII 11:26, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The article already have sections by culture/region, so the easiest way would be to simply divided those already excisting sections in to sub sections by century. That would be the least work I think. --Aciram (talk) 11:52, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]