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Germany, the "public house" of Europe! Prostitution, normal business model
2024-04-18 08:52:57 / BOTA
Prostitution is legal in Germany. According to women's rights activists, Germany has become the "public house" of Europe. Should Germany follow Sweden's example?
In the Reeperbahn, in the Sankt Pauli district in the city of Hamburg, prostitution is a completely normal business model, especially for men who pimp prostitutes and make money from their exploitation.
Sex brings to Sankt Pauli tourists from all over the world who are tempted to come here. Guides for tourists are even organized in this neighborhood of sinners.
"Here in Sankt Pauli, the bars where women dance naked also serve as brothels. If you sit here to drink a beer, it doesn't take long and someone comes to make an offer, saying that you can take the dancer to the room as well" - says a tourist guide.
Good intention with dire consequences
Prostitution is legal in Germany. The intention of the liberal prostitution law, drafted 20 years ago, was to bring women working in this field out of the illegality. With this law, they were supposed to gain the right to use the services of the health and insurance system in cases of unemployment.
But the consequence is that since that time, many men from other countries come to Germany to buy sex, and with them many women, who do not sell their bodies of their own free will.
One of them is Teresa from Africa. She is afraid, especially for her baby and her family, so she will remain anonymous. She owes 60,000 euros to the traffickers who brought her to Germany, she says. She has to withdraw the money to pay off the debt now by going to the traffic lights. "Human traffickers are greedy by nature, they want more and more money and don't ask what suffering women have to go through. I never thought I would end up with such a job." - says Teresa.
To force her to work as a prostitute, the traffickers even separated her from her baby. "I will never forget that night. They took my baby, put me out on the porch and locked the door. They told me to stay there since I'm very stubborn and I don't want to go to the traffic lights. I could hear the baby inside crying. He cried and cried. Then he fell asleep. At one o'clock they opened the door and let me in." - says Teresa.
No one dares to turn to the authorities
Forced prostitution is punishable in Germany. But no one dares to turn to the authorities. Instead of going to the authorities, people hide. There are about 30,000 registered prostitutes in Germany. The number of illegal sex workers is estimated to be ten times higher.
Germany has become the public house of Europe and the German model has failed, says women's rights activist Nora Evers. "With liberal laws, Germany supports a system that effectively robs women, turns them into commodities and gives men the right to buy sex with a woman for 30 euros." - says Evers.
The Nordic model
According to her, Sweden and its approach against prostitution should be taken as an example. The so-called "Nordic model" is finding more and more supporters in German politics and media. This model is also widespread in other European countries such as Norway and France. According to Swedish legislation, only the person who buys sex commits a criminal offence. Anyone caught leaving a prostitute's apartment risks being fined. The amount of the fine depends on the person's income. Whoever is caught several times buying sex risks being sentenced to imprisonment.
But while in Germany prostitutes' associations are discussing how the Swedish model can be adopted, in Sweden the majority supports the ban on the sale of sex./ DW
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