Prostitutes, Prostitutes, Prostitutes

The Industrial Revolution resulted in a period of upheaval that changed the face of society. The greatest difference was the breakup of social groups. Both the middle and the working class separated into three groups. For the middle class, it was upper, middle and lower. Although, each class had different jobs, they were united by a certain lifestyle. Since the middle class had extra money, they could buy the new mass produced goods. Everyone began to have the same items because they were buying the same goods. The middle class were also motivated by their desire to emulate the upper class so they adopted lifestyles that mirrored some upper-class traditions. 

Like first world problems of today, the middle
class were united by different issues and desires.

The working class had a similar breakup of skills. They were separated into highly skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled. These factions were less united than the middle class due to the tension that existed among them. Due to the industrial revolution, machines were beginning to take the place of highly skilled workers. There was no need to pay a skilled worker to do a job that could be easily be accomplished by an underpaid unskilled worker and a machine. The skilled workers were threatened by the unskilled workers who could easily take their job by taking care of a machine. Some workers even formed a group called the Luddites that destroyed that machines that they believed were stealing their jobs. 

Sexual relationships were also beginning to change as illustrated in the title. With the concentration of people in the city, prostitution began to grow as well as illegitimacy. The lack of societal restrictions allowed men and women to have improper relationships. Men found it easier to see prostitutes in the city and women had premarital sex. Without the controls found in rural society, people were allowed to make decisions they would not have normally man. 

The movement of society to the city opened the doors for many actions that would have be frowned upon in the past. Society altered along with the public.