What was the ancient brothel used for? I believe everyone knows it very clearly whether through books or film and television dramas. In ancient times, women were forced to sell themselves or perform their art here in order to survive. Brothel is also a place where women stay. Why are there strong men kept in it?
actually has one effect that can be imagined, that is, guarding the house and protecting the hospital. After all, it is a place where a group of women stay, and they are powerless to tie up. If someone with bad intentions comes in and does something wrong, these women are probably helpless.
So at this time, it is very necessary to raise some strong men. It can play a protective role for these women, and also protect the safety of this place from theft and other things happening.
But in addition to guarding the house, these strong men have other functions, not protecting ones, but are not friendly to these women, and can even be said to be very cruel. So what is the meaning of their existence? Letβs learn about it today.
The Secrets in Brothel
We often see places like brothels in film and television dramas, and the brothels presented in most film and television dramas are very similar to our views on brothels. They are the places where a group of women receive men, but the earliest brothels are not actually like this.
At the beginning, the nobles of the palace were all men and liked beauties, so they raised many beauties in their mansion. Think about it, a eunuch raised more than a dozen or even dozens of them. In the court, there were many nobles and some local rich people. The total number was actually very considerable.
Some people may ask, what's wrong? After all, the government did not explicitly stipulate that beauty should not be kept. The government did not have such explicit regulations. However, over time, such practices led to an imbalance in the ratio of men and women, and the male population was far less than that of women. The government saw that this phenomenon occurred, so in order to solve it, it came up with a solution.
That is to build a brothel, which can not only solve this problem, but also increase the government's taxes, killing two birds with one stone. At the beginning, not everyone can enter brothels. Only those in the upper class of society can enter. These people are usually not as vulgar as hooligans. Some of them find beauty here, while others die for love, creating eternal stories.
Later, slowly, the standards for entering brothels were no longer so strict. Anyone could go in, and brothels became a place for men to have romantic love, which was a brothel.
In fact, these women did not want to come here voluntarily. No one would be willing to become someone else's plaything. Most of these people have pitiful life experiences, either because they were abandoned or because their families were so poor that they could not get rid of the blame. They could only sell their daughters to brothels to continue to maintain the family's life. The people who were sold to brothels and were sold to brothels have different fates. They are divided into three levels, the best and talented ones, and are often divided into people from the upper class. If they are lucky, they can be taken away as a concubine or something, and they are also separated from this place.
And the medium-level layer, which looks OK, will be divided into people who usually have a little money, and the rewards you get are enough for yourself to spend for a while. When the women in the lower level have scars on their bodies and are not satisfied, they can only fall to the point of being slaughtered.
prevents women from escaping
. In addition to protecting their homes, these strong men also have the first function of preventing these women from escaping.
The woman who was sent to the brothel at that time knew that her fate was like this. Instead of spending her whole life here, it would be better to fight to the death. If she could escape, she would be relieved.
But the facts are not satisfactory. They want to escape, but they can't.
The brothel's madams would not allow such a thing to happen. In order to avoid such things, the strong men they hired have a great role to prevent them from escaping.
Around the brothel are these strong men guarding day and night. The women are powerless and cannot run away even if they escape. The ancients needed certificates such as documents when they left the city. These women did not. They hid in the small city and would be caught soon.
Once they are caught, they are facing more serious punishment, whip, or even starve to death. The only possibility is to redeem yourself, and this is a considerable price.
The cruel use of strong men
In addition to what is mentioned above, strong men also have another function, which is abortion.
The women in the brothel often receive guests and did not have good contraceptive measures at the time, so these women are likely to be pregnant, but in the brothel, this is not allowed.
Once found pregnant, these strong men will exercise their power to abort the fetus. They will not even know medicine, but will directly use a stick to abort the child.
And we all know that directly aborting the child will cause great harm to pregnant women and may even be life-threatening. However, these strong men will not care at all. All they have to do is not leave behind the roots of outsiders.
And the last function of these strong men is to deal with dead people, those who are beaten to death, or those who unfortunately die will be dealt with by these strong men.
The brothels would not hold a funeral for a woman. They would just carry the dead away and throw away the task, even if they had completed the task.
postscript
The existence of brothel reveals the misfortune of that era. A woman was reduced to be a toy, her destiny was in the hands of others, and she suffered inhuman torture, but in the end she might end up homeless.
Fortunately, thousands of years later, people's thoughts have been liberated. Whether men or women, they have the right to choose their own destiny. This is the progress of the times and the luck we are in this era.
