Abortion Rights Takeover: Bathroom Business (With Kate the Exploress)
Pliny the Elder interviewed sex workers to get the lowdown on how they dealt with unwanted pregnancies (but we suspect the ladies were having him on).
Ancient History Fangirl · Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy
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Show Notes
This episode is part of our abortion rights takeover. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled series on gender rebels on June 2.
In this re-release, Kate from the Exploress podcast joined us to discuss the intimate lives of sex workers in ancient Greece and Rome--including methods of contraception and abortion. Pliny the Elder interviewed sex workers to get the lowdown on how they dealt with unwanted pregnancies (but we suspect the ladies were having him on).
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