Edvard Munch
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According to Christian morals
there is no prostitution today

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but it's typical that the prostitution
is checked by the police.

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But you're for making people
live on prostitution.

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No. In my society there is
no room for prostitution.

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There are 300 police officers
in the city of Kristiania.

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Amongst their principal duties,
the control of venereal disease.

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In this society it's the bourgeoisie
who gain from prostitution.

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Yet bourgeois morals
do not allow it to exist:

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"Thou shalt not commit adultery."
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What are your views on marriage?
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In my opinion,
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marriage is an incalculably important
and necessary institution,

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which undoubtedly forms the foundation
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of our social and cultural structure.
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Without marriage, rootless
and chaotic conditions would arise,

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which in turn, I fear,
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might easily lead to anarchy.
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In brief, if we want
to maintain peace and order,

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it is essential for us to support
and expand our institutions.

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The way society is today,
if one marries and has a wife,

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she is just as prostituted
as "the girls from Viken."


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