Editing Pandarus (section)

==Pandering==
The plot function of the aging lecher Pandarus in Chaucer's and Shakespeare's famous works has given rise to the English terms ''a pander'' (in later usage ''a panderer''), from Chaucer, meaning a person who furthers other people's illicit sexual amours;<ref name="crane">{{cite web |last1=Crane |first1=Samantha |title=The Pandering of Pandarus |url=https://www.mckendree.edu/academics/scholars/issue18/crane.htm |website=www.mckendree.edu |publisher=[[McKendree University]] |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> and ''to pander'', from Shakespeare, as a verb denoting the same activity.<ref name="shmoop" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oed.com/view/Entry/136753|url-access=subscription|title=Oxford English Dictionary|website=oed.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref> ''A panderer'' is, specifically, a bawd — a male who arranges access to female sexual favors: the manager of prostitutes.  Thus, in law, the charge of ''[[procuring (prostitution)|pandering]]'' is an accusation that an individual has sold the sexual services of another. The verb "to pander" is also used in a more general sense to suggest active or implicit encouragement of someone's weaknesses.