Prostitution legal in Germany

[mahon83050]

I read that prostitution just became legal in Germany back in 2002. However, I am confused. As you Germans know, places like Hamburg and Frankfurt Am Main had open red-light districts prior to 2002. If these places were not legal, how come they were never shut down in the first place? Is it one of those illegal but tolerated notions?

 

[Morphiex]

selling was probably legal but buying wasent..... politics , some messed up stuff....

 

[S1NN3R]

It was probably like Vegas, it's a "wink wink" situation. Prostitution is not legal in Nevada in any counties with populations higher than 100,000, so pretty much anywhere besides Las Vegas and Reno, you're good. But that doesn't stop many people in those counties from not only providing the services, but having buildings dedicated for the purpose of doing so. The local government knows what is going on, but they also know that the allure of prostitution does bring people in to the city, and get them spending money on other goods and services which can be taxed, after which, the pros are obviously spending more money in the city which can be taxed. They bust just enough people to make it look as though they are attempting to "curb the problem", but they know it's beneficial to them, so why would they really try harder?

Two related legal examples are Asian massage parlors and swinger's clubs. Swingers clubs are not legal, but they get away with it by licensing them as "health spas". Everybody knows what they're really for, including the police, DAs, and judges, but these places are also huge revenue generators due to their legal status. Massage parlors can get away with charging people for hand jobs and happy endings because because technically, a full-body massage can legally include the penis, and if the govt can get away with letting something get taxed however they can, they will. Streetwalkers and the occasional call girl are the only ones who get pinched for prostitution on a regular basis here. Very rarely do they go after one of the established, loopholed places.

So my guess would be that Germany is the same way, they knew that the red light districts were there and operating, but they also knew that those districts made money for their cities and the country, so they either turned a blind eye to it, or exploited legal loopholes to let them continue. If any critics say anything, they police et al can just throw out the word epidemic a few times and say "we're doing the best we can with limited funding, maybe you should give us more money".

 

[Paintballguy]

The Frankfurt Red-light district is a very nice place

It is hilarious, you will be walking down the street and see a huge picture of a naked girl on a building. One of the places there has several floors. And basically the higher the floor; the hotter the girl and the more it costs. Europe is a good place to go.

 

[S1NN3R]

Plus, absinthe is available in bars there with your hookers.

Worked out well for Van Gogh.

 

[mahon83050]

The Frankfurt Red-light district is a very nice place

It is hilarious, you will be walking down the street and see a huge picture of a naked girl on a building. One of the places there has several floors. And basically the higher the floor; the hotter the girl and the more it costs. Europe is a good place to go.

Yea well, I was in Frankfurt in 1998 and had sex with two hookers for only 25 American dollars a piece. I was just wondering if I did anything illegal or not and what the punishment would of been if any?

 

[Le Parisien]

Yea well, I was in Frankfurt in 1998 and had sex with two hookers for only 25 American dollars a piece. I was just wondering if I did anything illegal or not and what the punishment would of been if any?

Lol, considering the price, I can barely imagine the "quality" of the "goods"...:nervous: :crackup:

Obviously you were pretty lucky to get away with that without getting AIDS or some other nasty stuff...

 

[djbr]

Thank you god for condoms.

 

[mahon83050]

Lol, considering the price, I can barely imagine the "quality" of the "goods"...:nervous: :crackup:

Obviously you were pretty lucky to get away with that without getting AIDS or some other nasty stuff...

In Frankfurt the quality was not that good, although not terrible.

In 2002, I was taking some German classes in Berlin. This Turkish guy a few of us Americans befriended took us to this place in Berlin. It was an obscure place that we would not have found if the Turkish guy did not know where it was. The girls were hot (mostly all Russian). They all come out and get introduced (about 10) and you get to pick which one you want.

I know paying for sex is quite pathetic, but when it is a one time chance, it is cheap and the girls are hot...why not?

 

[djbr]

I know paying for sex is quite pathetic

I see this this all the time on the DJ forum and everytime I want to scream.

Why exactly? Just because girls say it is? Ohhh fvcking ehhhh!

 

[ShizamDaMan]

When in Rome... have sex with the Roman prostitutes?

Haha, Europe is a strange and wonderful land.