Slavery
Sally A. McKee
The potential for sexual service played a key role in the changing demand slaves medieval Europe. From early Middle Ages on, male declined while market female rose. Although and were vulnerable to exploitation, only enslaved women's was tacitly sanctioned parts of Christian Europe where slavery practiced. Their suitability factored into their prices, contrast free domestic servants, whose wages not influenced by physical appearance. As consequence common practice slaves' cities still practiced, presence children masters households gave rise social pressures that diminished within European at same time colonies on rise.
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