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7/19/2025, 3:30:08 AM
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You’re right that Wikipedia and any summary which AI gives should not be taken as reliable on their own. But while far from definitive, they at least point to people in the field questioning the extent to which sacred prostitution was, in fact, and in the case of Inanna/Ishtar, prostitution.
It’s probably fair to say that many of the ancient accounts of sacred prostitution in the area, such as from Herodotus, are not impartial.
Some of the recent pushback against sacred prostitution as prostitution may also not be impartial – some of this pushback at least appears as though it is motivated by recent gender politics, and a desire to find particular narratives in the past.
You’re right that Wikipedia and any summary which AI gives should not be taken as reliable on their own. But while far from definitive, they at least point to people in the field questioning the extent to which sacred prostitution was, in fact, and in the case of Inanna/Ishtar, prostitution.
It’s probably fair to say that many of the ancient accounts of sacred prostitution in the area, such as from Herodotus, are not impartial.
Some of the recent pushback against sacred prostitution as prostitution may also not be impartial – some of this pushback at least appears as though it is motivated by recent gender politics, and a desire to find particular narratives in the past.
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