这是我的，我在新加坡留学，这篇是拿了 A 的，不要给别人啊，我的版权呢 1000 字： Compare and Contrast Prostitution in Ancient and Modern ChinaHave you ever had the experience of receiving phone calls from a girl offering private services in hotels? In the wake of the economic reforms by Deng Xiaoping， prostitution in China has resurfaced quickly and expanded to a tremendous Even though buying or selling sex has long been made illegal in modern China， yet all of the legal attempts to suppress it have been conquered every Nowadays， prostitution trades are widely carried out under the signboard of message parlor or leisure In some ways， the government is openly tolerating prostitution by not strictly enforcing because it serves as a social buffer in times of economic restructuring and can relieve gender Besides the aforementioned information， there are similarities and differences between prostitution in ancient and modern China in the destiny of the girls， the service they are providing and its resulting Prostitutes are at the bottom of the social ladder in both ancient and modern C Nevertheless， prostitutes were not as stigmatized in the past， but joining this line of work would mean selling themselves to female Prostitution is made legal and public at ancient times， so it was not uncommon to see grand prostitution houses in downtown districts with a few girls soliciting Potential prostitutes usually have to sign a life-long contract with a brothel madam whether of their own volition or The girls or their families would receive quite a large sum of money on signing the contract; however， the girls must since work under the supervision of their “mother” for the rest of their lives unless someone is willing to redeem As the price was often quite high， rarely would a customer be willing to pay that money， nor could these poor girls be able to redeem themselves by their little salaries and Therefore， most of the prostitutes then had spent the best years of their lives flirting with “acquainted and intimate” strangers and were sold to men from low social classes when they got too old for this On the contrary， in modern China， one can take up and quit this job whenever she Some are even trading on the The relationship between prostitutes and pimps or Laobao(老鸨 female pimps) is like that between employers and One survey on the internet shows that over 90 percent of them won’t have any trouble with finding a husband and settling down after they Some even reported much more advantaged than their peers because they have learned how to take care of men and what’s more， they have saved a large sum of money through their ex- One similarity， however， is that prostitutes in ancient and modern times both have shown very low self- They are all extremely afraid to be looked down upon by There are many cultured and sensitive prostitutes in ancient China who have contributed a lot to the development of Chinese literature either by composing poems themselves or inspiring literatus， whereas almost all prostitutes nowadays are gaudy and In ancient times， a portion of girls had been trained in arts since early childhood by a personal mentor to become a Mingji (famous female artist of the highest tier among prostitutes) Mingji routinely don’t provide sex service but singing， dancing or composing poems which often subconsciously contain an outpouring of sentimental In some dynasties， visiting a Mingji is well considered a refined taste and indicates one’s status and rank in the “We cannot appreciate the blooming flowers together， nor could i share with you my sadness of seeing them ” (from锦江春望词) is a famous line by XueTao， a Mingji， to her bosom literati The withering flowers here imply her fading Prostitutes usually find themselves congenial with literatus who are not very successful because they both constrained by the environment and share the same love for As a result， they inspired each other and had made the Chinese literature In modern China， although prostitutes would perform virtually any kind of sexual services to anyone willing to pay， just like what most inferior prostitutes in ancient times， prostitution tend to be more and more like selling fast Women would ask for money before even unzipping their trousers， and men wouldn’t shed one tear on the prostitute’s poor But just as with ancient prostitution， modern prostitution has also brought about some benefits to the It stimulates our economy and relives a lot social problems like imbalance between gender and Although prostitutes in ancient and modern China both have a low social status and usually have low self-confidence， we found that modern ones generally have a much happier ending and have relieved some social problems， while ancient ones contributed greatly to our 给分啊，有事找我
