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Does prostitution exist in nature?
We've had expirements where monkeys have traded sex for "money" (a piece of metal that had no value to a monkey, except that it could be traded to the humans for a grape). Does it exist anywhere else, or is all pair bonding a form of it?
Note: remember, we are not going to see monkeys trade metal for sex, because metal has no value in real monkey societies. But we could see monkeys, or any other animal, trade something of value---like food, protection, exclusivity, etc.
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes - other primates (monkeys and chimps) engage in sexual activity in exchange for food. It seems the "world's oldest profession" is indeed quite old. I am not aware of anything like what we call prostitution occurring in animals other than primates.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Do you see one monkey giving another monkey pieces of metal for some action?
- 1 decade ago
I know that some female penguins do it so they can pass on more of the better genes, and get healthier infants that will have a better chance of survival.
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