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Originally posted by Charlatan
For example, I could go fishing and have some surplus fish... I could give Motdakasha some fish for sex. She gets fed and I get some sex.
Of course if you go back far enough you could even say, protection is a service. I will protect and keep you alive in return for you sexual services...
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In the scenarios you gave, guardsmen and fishermen would then be professions preceding prostitution. So, if you want to nitpick over words, just eliminate "monetary value" from my post (substitute it with "goods and services of value" if you want); it still holds true in your examples.
Basically, an economy must be pre-existing for prostitution to occur. An economy thrives on professions that precede prositution.