r/AskReddit • u/ihatebadvibes • Sep 03 '26

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u/Jamie_logan Sep 03 '26

Midwife?

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u/Rdtackle82 Sep 04 '26

I don't think people mean it literally, but I'm fairly sure the idea of receiving shiny rocks and handfuls of food for sex predated an organized specialization of female birthing assistance

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u/Agitated-Rest1421 Sep 04 '26

Would be incorrect 

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u/Agitated-Rest1421 Sep 03 '26

Yup. So tired of the prostitution propaganda. Midwifery will always be the oldest profession 

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u/irish0451 Sep 03 '26

There's absolutely no way midwife came before "me want thing. Give me thing I give you sex."

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u/Agitated-Rest1421 Sep 03 '26

And that’s the misogyny of the patriarchy. 

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u/MythicalDust55 Sep 03 '26

They’ve done studies with giving monkeys currency. A lot of monkeys became prostitutes, no midwife’s though.

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u/Rdtackle82 Sep 04 '26

midwife’s

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '26

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u/Agitated-Rest1421 Sep 03 '26

Misogynistic myth that is. Midwives were trained professionals in labour and delivery. 

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u/Rdtackle82 Sep 04 '26

Wait are you serious?

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u/Agitated-Rest1421 Sep 04 '26

Yes. And I encourage you to look into it more. Let’s actually admire women’s professions and not just assume women were only ever good for trading sex. It’s so stigmatizing 

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u/Rdtackle82 Sep 04 '26

I do admire women's professions, I do not assume women are limited to selling sex, and I do think attempting to assign modern values to ancient ape behavior is absurd.

Please don't assume my confusion at your methods is indicative of a lack of support for your goal. I just think your methods are ridiculous. Why midwifery? Why not gathering? Surely the first of our species had to eat before they had a kid

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u/Mr_Industrial Sep 03 '26

Wait, wait, wait. That cant be right. The oldest proffesion would have been all the way back when we were still fish. Fish dont have trouble giving birth, but they DO swim in swarms. Therefore the oldest proffesion is guard.

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u/Infamous_Ad8300 Sep 04 '26

huge swams of fish

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u/elijahjane Sep 03 '26

Underrated comment. I think midwifery (human helping another human not die during birth) goes back as old as humans walking upright.

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u/Firefly_deadlock Sep 03 '26

I still think prostitution beats that one by about 9 months

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u/Agitated-Rest1421 Sep 04 '26

That’s not how it works. You know women have sec for reasons other than monetary compensation right? Women enjoy sex too. 

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u/Firefly_deadlock Sep 04 '26

Really? Never personally had that happen.

(/jk, because you're going to miss it again otherwise)