Continuing my habit of dipping into books from my own library, I came across this provocative and thought-provoking passage from Unpopular Opinions, a book of essays by Dorothy L. Sayers, published in 1946:

The Churches are justifiably shocked when the glamour of a film actress is assessed by the number of her love affairs and divorces; they are less shocked when the glamour of a man, or of a work of art is headlined in dollars. They are shocked when “unfortunates” are reduced to selling their bodies; they are less shocked when journalists are reduced to selling their souls.