Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. The Words for It
5. “Using One’s Body for Ill-Gotten Gain” 3
6. The Opinion of the Church 11
7. A Utopia:The Laws and the Public Authorities 21
8. The Reality
9. Clandestine Women and Public Women 35
10. The Identification of a Public Woman 51
11. The Signs of Inequality 57
12. Public Women and Public Officials 67
13. The Places and the Rules
14. Loca inhonesta(The House of Ill Repute) 83
15. A Disciplined Life 99
16. The Business Itself
17. The Work, the People, the Debts 111
18. Marked for Life 129
19. Repentance 142
20. Notes 149