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I agree that these contracts seem more like slavery that several years of servitude. I also wonder how often these women became pregnant. What about STDs? I doubt that the "owners" of these women were practicing safe sex. Were disease and pregnancy a big problem for prostitutes at this time? - Katelyn Lease | I agree that these contracts seem more like slavery that several years of servitude. I also wonder how often these women became pregnant. What about STDs? I doubt that the "owners" of these women were practicing safe sex. Were disease and pregnancy a big problem for prostitutes at this time? - Katelyn Lease | ||
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| + | To respond to Katelyn's post, I think disease and pregnancy were a big problem. The fact that they had to state them in the contract for prostitutes probably meant that the owners expected these things to happen. I think though, that there was no way to prevent disease and pregnancy so the owners just found ways to deal with it. --- Alex Mankarios | ||
== Susan Shelby Magoffin in Santa Fe, 1846 == | == Susan Shelby Magoffin in Santa Fe, 1846 == | ||
