In ancient societies, prostitution was a profession that provided sexual services or companionship for entertainment, often due to economic hardship or human trafficking, and this profession posed a serious threat to women's health and safety.
The prostitute's mental life is also very miserable, and in the second half of her life she often has to endure loneliness and fear, has few family and friends, and has difficulty gaining true friendship in social situations.
Even so, they are discriminated against in their daily lives and are considered immoral and self-respecting people. The prospects in life are very slim, and it is difficult to get out of this kind of work as long as you enter it, and it is even more difficult to find a partner who truly loves them.
However, for many women in Qinglou, what they are most afraid of is sometimes not the cruelty of Qinglou, but the "bayberry sore", because this thing is hopeless. Today, let's talk about this topic.
The origin of the Qinglou woman
As we all know, the ancient social classes on the mainland were distinct, and many poor women often had no other way out but to choose to enter the Qinglou to make a living.
Women in ancient societies did not have a lot of autonomy and economic rights, and did not have access to education, so it was difficult for them to gain the ability to support themselves. Therefore, many Qinglou women often come from poor families.
Secondly, some women have no choice but to enter the Qinglou because their families are broken, their relatives have passed away or they have been abandoned. Such women who have lost the support of their husbands or parents often find themselves in trouble, and Qinglou becomes a source of livelihood for them.
In addition to the above-mentioned channels, trafficking is another means of getting women into green houses, which usually occurs in some poor rural or remote areas, and some criminals or intermediaries will deceive or force women to leave their families and enter green houses in various ways.
Some women were even abducted and trafficked to other places, and because they were far away from their hometowns and could not escape, they could only spend the rest of their lives in the Qinglou, and it was difficult to turn over for the rest of their lives. Of course, there are also some women who take the initiative to enter the Qinglou, and many people may be puzzled by this.
In ancient society, women's career choices were very limited, and entering the Qinglou could not only obtain a certain economic income, but some women even obtained a higher status and income through their talents and efforts in the Qinglou because they were good at singing, dancing and acting.
In the history of the mainland, the development of Qinglou was sometimes prosperous and sometimes prosperous, and the Republic of China was a relatively prosperous period. Strictly speaking, the prostitution boom during the Republic of China was not a normal boom, but a deformed boom, why do you say that?
Sun Yat-sen's many policies
In 1912, Sun Yat-sen served as the provisional president of the Republic of China, during which he promulgated the "Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China" and the "Supplementary Regulations of the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China", which stipulated that "brothels, casinos, opium parlors, etc., shall be immediately banned and shall not be opened again".
This is the first constitution after the founding of the Republic of China, and it is also the first time in the history of the mainland that a law prohibiting prostitution has been explicitly proposed. On this basis, he also put forward the idea of "abolishing the prostitution system and improving the status of women", as well as emphasizing that "women should be equal to men and shall not be subject to any discrimination".
In 1919, Sun Yat-sen once again passed a law stipulating that women should have the right to participate in politics, to be elected, and to be elected. In general, he promulgated a number of legal bases to change the status of women at the time.
From a certain point of view, Sun Yat-sen's policies embodied his progressive thinking and humanitarian spirit, laid a theoretical and legal foundation for the women's liberation movement and social atmosphere reform on the mainland, and were praised and supported by the vast number of women and all walks of life.
However, the implementation of any policy needs a soil, and it is not easy for the warlords of the Republic of China to change the social phenomenon of thousands of years.
Therefore, Sun Yat-sen's policy was opposed and obstructed by some reactionary forces and conservative elements, resulting in many difficulties and challenges in the process of implementation, and the results were not satisfactory.
Especially in the Central Plains under the rule of the Beiyang warlords, the prostitution system is still prevalent, the status of women is still low, and many policies have not been effectively implemented and implemented.
In addition, although Sun Yat-sen's policies were forward-looking and revolutionary, they did not clearly stipulate the methods of reform and resettlement of prostitutes, and did not provide education and employment opportunities for prostitutes, so that the Qinglou not only did not disappear, but intensified.
In such a situation, some people did think of a compromise solution, which was to legalize the Qinglou, that is, prostitution became a legal profession and a taxpayer who needed to pay taxes.
Since ancient times, interests are the first sharp weapon to drive people to execute, and with the drive of interests, prostitutes ushered in the climax of development during the Republic of China.
According to relevant statistics, there were 406 brothels in Beijing during the Republic of China, with nearly 4,000 employees. The most prosperous is the Republic of China Shanghai, the number of people engaged in this industry has reached 6-100,000, and some of the people who are not recorded are immeasurable.
From this point of view, the prosperity of Greater Shanghai may not be the real prosperity, but is built on many miserable women.
As mentioned above, profit is the biggest weapon to drive willfulness, and in this case, many women are forced to accept customers, and the slightest disobedience will be severely punished. It's just that, compared to the ordinary pain of flesh and skin, "bayberry sores" are what they are most afraid of.
The fear of "bayberry sores".
It is a common name for syphilis, and the patient's skin will appear red macules or ulcers similar to bayberry, so it is also called bayberry sore.
There are many theories about the origin of syphilis, and Western scholars believe that syphilis originally originated in the Americas, brought to Europe by Columbus's sailors and immigrants, and later brought to China by European traders.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "the ancient prescription of bayberry sores does not contain, and there are no diseases, and it has recently spread in Lingnan and the Quartet", which means that syphilis is incurable, and the Tongzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty died of syphilis.
In general, the course of syphilis is divided into one, two, three, and incubation phases, each with different symptoms and infectivity. Primary syphilis is a painless red induration or superficial ulcer at the site of infection, and the discharge contains large amounts of Treponema pallidum and is highly contagious.
Secondary syphilis is also known as bayberry sores, tertiary syphilis is a chronic granulomatous lesion that forms on the skin, bones, internal organs, etc., and there is no cure for this disease, and the only outcome is to wait for death in pain.
Why are Qinglou women afraid of it? The main reason is that the bayberry sores are transmitted through the relationship between men and women, and they are not easy to detect, and once they are detected, they are equivalent to being infected.
How terrible is the bayberry sore, the woman in the Qinglou picks up customers day after day, and it is inevitable that there will be cross-infection. That is, as long as one guest carries the disease, the cycle goes on and over and over again.
During the Republic of China, it was also a period when smoking was more prevalent, and such people were more likely to carry syphilis. After the ban on big smoke, the Qinglou became a place to smoke big smoke, so that countless women suffered from it.
To put it simply, as long as a person with syphilis goes to the Qinglou, the entire Qinglou will be almost wiped out, and no one will be able to escape the clutches. Some people may wonder, is there no prevention or relevant measures?
In this chain of interests, the Qinglou needs the girl to earn money, and the girl also needs money to live, and the guest will not be easily revealed if he suffers from syphilis, so it is difficult and difficult to exclude this problem.
The government of the Republic of China has also regularly given health check-ups to some Qinglou women, but this kind of examination is "going through the motions", and it can be passed by giving some benefit fees, so in the face of money, bayberry sores are flooded.
What do you think differently about this?