Submitted by Deborah E Kamen on March 13, 2022 - 1:43pm
To elucidate the world of ancient prostitution, Haaretz columnist Terry Madenholm turned to UW Classics Professor Sarah Levin-Richardson. Well known for her 2019 book, The Brothel of Pompeii: Sex, Class, and Gender at the Margins of the Roman Empire, Prof. Levin-Richardson was key to fleshing out the Roman side of prostitution—and its roots in exploitation—in Madenholm’s article, “A Brief History of Prostitution in Ancient Greece and Rome.”
Prof. Levin-Richardson explains the roots of her research—growing up as a lesbian teen in North Carolina—in a recently released conversation about “Sex and History” (with Prof. Kristina Milnor) hosted by the Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome.