Prostitution in the Victorian Era- Blog 4

During the Victorian Era , prostitution was not allowed . It went against what they believe back then about how women should be and their values. Even though it has been told there was roughly eighty thousands of women who were working as prostitutes in just in London. During this time the ladies were seen as what upper class or middle class should ever become . Even though they had many critics, many of the women had to go out and find ways to earn money. Most of them were getting paid better than working in shops . This is why the chose prostitution. Which was due to economic necessities. But things started going downhill for these girls earning their money . There was not a cure for sexual transmitted diseases then so things started rapidly spreading.