During the Infamous Decade, the military abolished prostitution because it
A) spread venereal disease and undermined the patriarchal family.
B) increased the competition with urban industry for women workers and boosted wages.
C) depleted the state's scarce revenues to pay for prostitutes' medical care.
D) promoted popular resistance to the military dictatorship.
A
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