Editing A Modest Proposal (section)

=== Mandeville's ''Modest Defence of Publick Stews'' ===
[[Bernard Mandeville]]'s ''Modest Defence of Publick Stews'' asked to introduce public and state-controlled [[bordello]]s. The 1726 paper acknowledges women's interests and—while not being a completely satirical text—has also been discussed as an inspiration for Jonathan Swift's title.<ref name="hur">Eine Streitschrift…, Essay von Ursula Pia Jauch. Carl Hanser Verlag, München 2001.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2V_HAAAAQBAJ |title=Bernard Mandeville's "A Modest Defence of Publick Stews": Prostitution and Its Discontents in Early Georgian England |last=Primer |first=I. |date=15 March 2006 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9781403984609}}</ref> Mandeville had by 1705 already become famous for ''[[The Fable of the Bees]]'' and deliberations on private vices and public benefits.