Original sentence: In stories (which were often ribald), prostitutes would be complicit with other women in avenging men.Prostitutes were not marginalized, but integrated into society where they had a role to play.The history of prostitution in France is similar to that in other European countries, with alternating periods of tolerance and repression (Tolérance générale, répression occasionnelle), but is marked by the length of time during which the maisons (brothels) were tolerated
Edited sentence: In stories (which were often ribald), prostitutes would be complicit with other low women in avenging men.Prostitutes were not marginalized, but integrated into society where they had a role to play (critics said, to drag it down).The history of prostitution in France is similar to that in other European countries, with alternating periods of tolerance of the vice and reforms for its suppression (Tolérance générale, répression occasionnelle), but is marked by the length of time during which the maisons (brothels) were tolerated