Video taken from the presentation of the book "Debate prostitution. 18 abolitionist voices" ([ Ссылка ]).
In this short intervention, Professor Amelia Valcárcel discusses the different ways in which prostitution has been justified throughout the history of the West and wonders how it is that today after the "Sexual Revolution" it continues to be justified. With mellifluous words and displaying her erudition, she tells us, very much in her style, the curious story of Tamar and her father-in-law Judah (Genesis, 38) to suggest the true origin and ultimate justification of prostitution as an institution. Finally, she leaves us with a very sharp reflection on the role of pudor in the hominization process and its relationship with prostitution.
Pudor is often translated as modesty or shyness. I decided to leave the Spanish word untranslated because I couldn't find a better translation that captures the sense in which used. It derives for Latin and is often related to a feeling of shame, but as it is argued by Amelia, it is connected to the notion of dignity of our bodies and what other people are allowed to do with it.
Story of Tamar [ Ссылка ]
Reference to Saint Thomas De Regimene Principium Book IV, Chapter 14; 1073
00:00 Ancient World Prostitution Justification To The Sexual Revolution
10:00 Tamar's Story
19:18 About Pudor
