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Swiss government to open drive-in sex booths...

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Swiss government to open drive-in sex booths - Salon.com
  • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
    I'm speechless!

    No seriously, words fail me right now.

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    • Profile picture of the author bluecoyotemedia
      Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

      I'm speechless!

      No seriously, words fail me right now.

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      Looks to me like a mature approach to a sensitive issue.
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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Originally Posted by bluecoyotemedia View Post

        Looks to me like a mature approach to a sensitive issue.
        I was thinking the same.
        All parties are protected.
        Similar in a way to Amsterdam in Holland.
        They have a "red light" district. All the prostitutes are tested for std's and registered. Plus it's all contained and not just out on any street.
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      • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
        Originally Posted by bluecoyotemedia View Post

        Looks to me like a mature approach to a sensitive issue.
        Well, there's some good words!

        Terra
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by bluecoyotemedia View Post

        Looks to me like a mature approach to a sensitive issue.
        It seems to be, yes, whatever one's views about prostitution, I think?

        They want to follow the successful policies in both Holland and parts of Germany, in which arrangements like this have been shown to improve the working conditions and accommodation for these girls, supervise their medical care, reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in society, raise some tax revenue and get both the girls and the men soliciting them off the streets. It's not easy to envisage much downside there, is it?

        This kind of thing tends to happen quite a bit within Europe (I don't mean regarding prostitution specifically!), in that countries are often quite keen to assess the outcomes of trials/experiments in their neighboring countries to see if there are obvious, proven benefits/improvements they can copy. I imagine that different US states perhaps do much the same kind of thing?
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  • Profile picture of the author Lucian Lada
    It would be nice if authorities were also trying to find some jobs for these women and try to persuade them to give up prostitution. This would be useful especially for those women who reach a certain age where their services "would no longer be required", and for those girls who are smart enough to get a normal job or go to a uni, but because of some financial problems they had to resort to prostitution and now find it hard to go back, mainly because prostitution can be quite profitable and doesn't require much (if any) intellectual work.

    Disclaimer: I'm not whining, and I actually applaud Switzerland (and the other countries) for doing something about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Don Schenk
    Let's see...

    "Police officials and researchers estimate there are between 13,000 and 20,000 prostitutes in Switzerland who make an annual turnover of $3.8 billion."

    At 20,000 that works out to $190,000 each per year. If she works 50 weeks a year, at 5 days a week, that averages out to $760 per day.

    Hmmm, how much goes to the pimps?

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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

      Wanna "super size" that?

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      LOL, not touching that, the fries that is! :rolleyes:


      Gives a whole new meaning to, do you want a whopper with cheese, (l know it is Burger King), or do you want a McHappy Meal!!! Gulp!


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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Don Schenk View Post

      that averages out to $760 per day.

      Hmmm, how much goes to the pimps?
      Too much, is probably the answer to that: pimping is illegal, even in Switzerland (and in most - possibly all - EU countries, I think, though that doesn't stop it from happening, of course). But of course an additional advantage of schemes like the one discussed above, on top of all the obvious and proven benefits already mentioned, is that they do help to eradicate pimping, exploitation and some other illegalities.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Sure beats the way things are done in Germany (or were, anyhow). The hookers would just sit on lawnchairs outside of the army bases, drink coffee or whatever and chat while waiting. LMAO.
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