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In modem scholarship on prostitution, prostitutes are generally charac- terized as marginal to the society in which they operate and a tendency exists to lump all of them together in one category. Men, he explained, had a way of forcing their wives out without repaying them part or even any of the obligatory dowry by making their lives so unbear- able that they would leave of their own accord and empty-handed, thereby swelling the ranks of public women.
There is no doubt that the majority of those engaged in the trade in Safavid times were forced into it because of circumstances beyond their will and lived miserable lives. Some of these courtesans became very rich indeed and lived in sumptuous apart- ments.
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