Editing Lust (section)

==In culture==
===Medieval prostitutes===
Medieval prostitutes lived in officially sanctioned "red light districts". In Ruth Mazo Karras' book ''Common Women'', the author discusses the meaning of prostitution and how people thought the proper use of prostitutes by unmarried men helped contain male lust. Prostitution was thought to have a beneficial effect by reducing [[sexual frustration]] in the community.<ref>Karras, Ruth Mazo. ''Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.</ref> Inquisitors accused the [[Waldensians]] of believing that satisfying lust was better than being harassed by fleshly temptation.<ref name="Richards 2013 p. 60">{{cite book | last=Richards | first=J. | title=Sex, Dissidence and Damnation: Minority Groups in the Middle Ages | publisher=Taylor & Francis | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-136-12700-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=saXbAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA60 | access-date=2023-05-09 | page=60}}</ref>