Aphrodite's Trade: The Hidden History of Prostitution Unveiled

by Lochlainn Seabrook

In €œAphrodite€™s Trade€ author Lochlainn Seabrook takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the biological foundations of prostitution among early humans to its sacred functions in the religions of the ancient world, then onto its vital role as a commercialized occupation in the 21st Century. Basing his findings on well established primatological, anthropological, sociobiological, mythological, and archaeological data, he reveals what few have dared because prostitution began as a survival mechanism among our ancestors several million years ago, it is literally part of our DNA. Rather than expending valuable resources trying to suppress it, the author argues, society would be much better off understanding, accepting, and decriminalizing it. Book is endorsed by Margo St. James, Carol Leigh, Norma Jean Almodovar, and Dolores French. Foreword is by Xaviera Hollander, author of the international blockbuster €œThe Happy Hooker.€ Often compared to En

258 pages, Paperback

First published July 26, 2010

About the author

BIOGRAPHY: World acclaimed Civil War scholar Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook is an award-winning Southern historian and a seventh generation Kentuckian. One of the most prolific and well respected writers in America today, and the leading popularizer of U.S. Civil War history, he is the multi-genre, neo-Victorian author and editor of 100 educational and enlightening books ranging from astronomy to zoology. Known by literary critics as "the new Shelby Foote," "the Southern Joseph Campbell," and "the American Robert Graves," and by his fans as "the Voice of the Traditional South," he has introduced hundreds of thousands to the truth about the War for Southern Independence. For more information or to purchase Colonel Seabrook's books visit us at www.SeaRavenPress.com