Sex workers had it tough in the time of Emperor Charlemagne:

Should a prostitute be found in a man’s home, he should be made to carry her, on his shoulders, to the market place where she would be whipped. Should he refuse to carry her, then he was to be whipped with her.

I’d hazard a guess that the carrying option would have been the more popular. As would have been skinnier working girls.

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