Prostitution: immoral or in demand

[Sim4500]

I really like the way prostitution is handled in Germany.

It is government regulated. So, it is TAXED and has health code standards. If a working girl contracts an STD, she's forced to retire.

The ladies can choose their clients. So, if a hooker doesn't like you, or you rub her the wrong way, she can say no, and you can't have her.

The ladies don't stand on the street, they live/work in a "pink house".

The best part....a man has to apply to get into a pink house. His genitals are inspected and he must provide a recently updated medical history to be allowed in. If a client manages to slip past all this and still transmit an STD, he is then sued, and the girl/girls he gave it to get the money.

Knowingly spreading a dangerous STD is obviously illegal, but health checks are not required by law in Germany. You can get government funded, anonymous STD checkups, but they aren't mandatory.
No customer was ever asked for his medical history when he walked into a brothel. Where did u get that idea from? They don't even ask you for your name. (Names are meaningless in this sort of business anyway. No girl uses her real name and I bet many customers use fake names, too)

Streetwalkers still exist in Germany, but I have no experience with those. They might be cheap, but they are full of STDs and either junkies or controlled by pimps.


Prostitutes are legally obliged to pay income tax and even VAT (value added tax), but I doubt many of them actually do it.
By law they can either pay 25Euro per workday OR they pay normal income tax like anybody else.
In reality it's next to impossible for tax investigators to monitor the actual income or working days of a prostitute. There are no receipts, all transaction are made with cash, prostitutes are either self-employed or don't have any fixed working hours or fixed pay, etc.

Only a very stupid prostitute would declare all her income.

 

[Batfred]

In Demand methinks.

There are a few reasons why the lads love Amsterdam so much. This is one of them. The other is not tulips (although I guess it is two-lips), nor canals, cogs, windmills, delpht or bicycles.

 

[FamoFunk]

I think it should be made legal.
STI's will drop and the women and men can get regular check ups and will want to. There could be a rule that the people who are to pay for sex have to prove they're free from STI's with a certificate. Prehaps even a rule that condoms must be worn during sexual intercourse?

It'll be easier to crack down on those forcing women, men and, sadly, children into the sex trade which can lead to the help of busting drug dealers as a lot of them are forced into drug smuggling, too.

Also, if it's classed as a proper job, those who work as Prostitutes will have to pay tax and N.I etc. so will be contributing to the system so the job will start to look less tacky in years to come.

I'm not sure what it will do for most of the Women who're doing it to get a drug fix, if it was classed as a proper job, the employers would not want a washed up drug addict, so either they will stay on the streets at a cheaper price and full of STI's and abuse from dodgey folk or resort to muggings and other crime if they don't get help for the addiction.

 

[Woodsey]

Prostitution is sex. Its only immoral if you're religious or conservative, for the most part.

If its legal, its better for everyone.

 

[Geeky Anomaly]

I heard it from U.S. service men stationed in Germany. I know that the conduct standards were amended recently, and U.S. servicemen are no longer allowed to visit brothels; they'll be prosecuted under the UCMJ just as if they hired a hooker in the states. The information I got was from the mid 90's.

I guess I shouldn't believe everything I hear. Sorry for the mis-information.

 

[The Hive Mind]

Needs to be legalised.

It will always exist, the only way it cannot is if some other perfect replacement is found, but until then prostitution will remain a staple of human civilisation; according to some it actually PREDATES civilisation.

So yeah, needs to be legalised. Fuck pimps.

 

[jam19th]

It works just fine in Nevada so if we go off of that model it should be fine for everywhere else.