Arquitectura e prostituição

The deli­cate balance between these fac­tors helps explain why, for ins­tance, the typi­cal pros­ti­tute earns more than the typi­cal archi­tect. It may not seem as though she should. The archi­tect would appear to be more skil­led (as the word is usu­ally defi­ned) and bet­ter edu­ca­ted (again, as usu­ally defi­ned). But lit­tle girls don’t grow up dre­a­ming of beco­ming pros­ti­tu­tes, so the sup­ply of poten­tial pros­ti­tu­tes is rela­ti­vely small. Their skills, while not neces­sa­rily “spe­ci­a­li­zed,” are prac­ti­ced in a very spe­ci­a­li­zed con­text. The job is unple­a­sant and for­bid­ding in at least two sig­ni­fi­cant ways: the like­lihood of vio­lence and the lost oppor­tu­nity of having a sta­ble family life. As for demand? Let’s just say that an archi­tect is more likely to hire a pros­ti­tute than vice versa.

LEVITT, S.; DUBNER, S. — Fre­a­ko­no­mics: A Rogue Eco­no­no­mist Explo­res the Hid­den Side of Everything. 1st ed. New York : Wil­liam Mor­row, 2005. ISBN 006 – 07-3132-X

28 Junho 2005

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« 3 comentários

  • asterisco28.06.05 | 19:51

    Boa aná­lise socio-económica. Mas quan­tas pes­soas é que pode­rão dizer que nunca se prostituiram?

  • dan28.06.05 | 23:14

    !!Let’s just say that an archi­tect is more likely to hire a pros­ti­tute than vice versa.:))))

    tá bonito tá

  • sushi lover01.07.05 | 02:35

    olha que nunca me ocor­reu con­tra­tar uma pros­ti­tuta. Não sei porquê…
    mas como as coi­sas vão…
    I think it’s more likely an archi­tect to BECOME a prostitute.

    Até por­que há mui­tos que já são, mas isso é outra conversa

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