num_pages: 400
description: Roberts' vivid, challenging, and impressively researched defense of the unrepentant whore, whom she regards as the most maligned woman in history, tells the story of the prostitute with hundreds of anecdotes of bawdy-house and brothel life. Her arguments will engage male "experts" and feminist "sisters" alike. Illustrations.
language: English
title: Whores in History: Prostitution in Western Society
titlecomplete: Whores in History: Prostitution in Western Society
genres: History, Prostitution, Sexuality, Womens, Nonfiction, Feminism, Sex Work, Microhistory
ratings_count: 88
publisher: HarperCollins