These days prostitution is legal in many country and other country doesn't have any harsh punishment regarding this matter.
These days prostitution is legal in many country and other country doesn't have any harsh punishment regarding this matter. But in early 16th century prostitution was seen as a sin and punishment was brutal Prostitute or brothel keepers would be branded with hot a iron and banished from the town and sometime the iron rod was inserted in some private parts of the prostitute This was the popular punishment in the major parts of Europe This picture depicts a famous incident of Lady , who ran a brothel in Aberdeen, was branded with a hot iron on both cheeks by a hangman and made to wear a paper crown, before being banished from the city. In Europe during the Middle Ages, church leaders attempted to rehabilitate penitent prostitutes and fund their dowries. Nevertheless, prostitution flourished: it was not merely tolerated but also protected, licensed, and regulated by law, and it constituted a considerable source of public revenue. Public brothels were established in large cities thro