I am an Egyptian sacred 'prostitute' I am highly regarded as a member of Egyptian society because of my association with different gods or goddesses,such as Bes and Hathor, (rather than the street walker of the future).
I advertise myself through my clothing and make up.
Sometimes I wear blue faience beaded fish-net dresses.
I paint my lips red, and tattoo myself on the breasts or thighs and will even go around totally nude, if that is what I feel like doing.
I was not paid for these fertility-related acts, I do this for our people and gods. I am a link with the divine.
I am treated with courtesy and respect.

We have our own ways and means of getting around the fact that sex produced children. We have both contraceptives and abortions, mostly these are prescriptions that are filled with unpleasant ingredients such as crocodile dung.

Here is one of the nicer ones:
Prescription to make a woman cease to become pregnant for one, two or three years:
Grind together finely a measure of acacia dates with some honey. Moisten seed-wool with the mixture and insert it in the vagina.
-- Ebers Medical Papyrus