Aswad
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I absolutely agree. I think legalizing it takes the power away from the criminal element and would ensure that the health aspect is also taken care of.
Yeah... and it draws a different client base, too.
Consider the German brothel "Artemis" (link), for instance.
They've got a building of some 40.000 sq.ft. (4.000 sq.m.) over four floors, with 60 permanent staff, including guards. Getting through the door will cost you about $100, which covers the buffet, the cinema, the pool and so forth. It's all set up as a spa, in essence. There are about 50 guest suites, freely usable, whereas the VIP suite will run you about $300. Expect to pay about $80 per half hour per girl, and they're obviously free
Girls are screened every 2 weeks with a full STD panel and required to use condoms with all clients. They have access to health care and insurance. They pay an entrance fee, the same as the clients. If they don't have a place to stay, they can stay the night at a minimal surcharge. Tax works out to about $15 per day, so net cost if you're going to work and live there is less than $150 per day. Which is equivalent to about an hour of work, and you can pick your own clients freely, because you're actually a registered independent business owner, essentially renting a place of business. A girl living there through a decent weekend makes $2500 net profit, post tax, from working 8 hour days.
Artemis itself makes nothing off the actual transactions, living off the entrance fees, and have very few potential conflicts of interest.
For comparison, in Norway, prior to the law against clients (intended to clean up the area around parliament and the tourist areas) which was passed in '09 or whenever, a street worker would have charged about $100 for a blowjob, while a random housewife that's working out of home would have charged about $750 per hour. After that law was passed, the prices dropped to ca $50 in the former case, and no idea about the latter. A brief Google tells me the prices in Mexico are more like $20 for the same thing. I would note that we have seen the expected hardening and relative increase in violent and abusive clients after the ban went into effect.
And, finally, from what I know about psychiatry, it's healthier to be in control of a situation you don't want than it is to feel like it's something you don't have control over. I'm fairly certain I would find it less problematic to be in an "independent business" setting than to be in a "human paper towel on the pier" setting, and the money would make a substantial difference. It's easier to motivate oneself to endure something that will land real money than something that will barely see you through to keep doing more of the same.
Plus, as noted, the crowd that will pay for a visit to Artemis is different from the one that will take a drive on the pier.
Win/win is a nice outcome in a difficult situation.
IWYW,
- Aswad.
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