Speaking of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, it is really a city with both fairy tales and 18 bans-red light district taxes, gay marriage, legal euthanasia ...
Some people go to see the windmill, to see the tulips, to see the Van Gogh Museum.
Most people, because it is the world's famous "sex capital", the girl in the human flesh window is a highlight of the red light district.
For centuries, the girl in the dress has been beckoning in the window facing the street, attracting the attention of foreign tourists.
The endless variety of projects in Amsterdam's red light district is enough to make even the most experienced veteran drivers unable to pretend to be calm and red.
These Dutch window girls, dressed up in flowery branches, look forward to being selected by passers-by outside.
They never go to the street to solicit, just waiting in the closed door for those who enter.
The red light district is like a big supermarket with all kinds of features, which can meet the various needs of tourists.
The reason why "sex supermarket" is used to describe it is that it is just a large workplace, service place, and goods supply place in the Netherlands, and it is no different from those supermarkets that sell daily necessities.
Each window is like a counter in a supermarket. There were 300 windows approved by the city government earlier. As for work remuneration, it is said that it is usually about 50 Euros, which translates into more than 400 yuan.
Someone said before that in order to attract more Asians, the smart girls over there saw yellow-skinned and black-haired people shouting "launchable" in lame Chinese .....
Another highlight in sex supermarkets is various forms of pornography.
80-minute rolling show for 40 Euros. There are other time-based pricing, such as 10 euros for 10 minutes, 15 euros for 20 minutes and so on.
There is another type that only needs 2 Euro coins, you can enter a small independent partition, open a small window on the front panel, and enjoy the tempting sexual performance of the naked girl inside.
The locally famous Tompettersteeg is the narrowest street in Amsterdam, only 100 cm wide.
There are shopgirls on both sides of the street, and the sex service workers can be seen on the street. Everyone picks up customers at the storefront, negotiates the price directly, and enters and closes the door. After the service is finished, the door is opened to deliver the customer.
In the Netherlands, there are no special regulations. When you turn 21, you can go into prostitution. There is a special legal system to regulate the prostitution industry. At the same time, prostitutes, like other ordinary workers, also pay taxes to the state.
It is such a city that is completely open to "sex", it is likely to disappear soon ...
The first female mayor of Amsterdam proposed:
Make drastic changes to Amsterdam's famous red light district!
The rectification content includes four major items:
Stop the famous girl window show;
Close downtown brothels with display windows;
Reduce brothels in the city centre and move them elsewhere;
Strengthen the management of work permits for shopgirls.
According to reports, Amsterdam, with a population of 850,000, has seen a dramatic increase in foreign tourists in recent years. Last year, the number of tourists reached 19 million. It is expected that the number of tourists will reach 29 million by 2025.
Local residents complain that the ancient city has become increasingly uninhabitable.
The BBC points out that many male tourists slap shop windows as they pass through red light districts, and tease sex workers in the shop windows.
A local tour guide said in an interview: "The government requires tourists to turn their backs to the shop window to control their behavior and avoid disrespectful behaviors such as spitting and cursing at the shop girls.
There are also tourists who secretly take out their mobile phones and take photos of sex workers in the window in violation of the rules.
And the prostitutes who are photographed often try to avoid to avoid exposure. Because most of them are hiding their relatives and friends, hiding the fact that they work in the red light district.
The legal provision of sex services and the legal purchase of sex services, such as the red light district, are such a trading market.
Guests can rest assured, the girl sells with ease, passersby look at it casually.
But behind these window girls are sexy, but most of them have tears and bitterness.
The beautiful girls that people see are mostly immigrants, and they are likely to be illegal immigrants through smuggling or human trafficking.
These women were trapped in the shop window by snake heads and pimps, forcing them to frown and squint, squeezing the fruits of their labor.
On peak weekdays, a girl has about 20 passengers.
So can a girl take a break during menstruation?
No, the pimp will draw nearly twice as many people as usual during the menstrual period of the girl, and use the menstrual period as a gimmick to meet the special customers "customers" ...
Therefore, in order to protect the rights of sex workers, prevent crime, and reduce disruption to local residents and shops, the mayor is now trying to make the red light district good.
The City of Amsterdam has held two meetings with people affected by the new measures to discuss the financial and legal feasibility of the new measures.
Proponents say that if passed, the bill could reduce prostitution, reduce human trafficking, and help a large number of prostitutes withdraw from the industry.
But others have expressed dissatisfaction ...
The brothel girls who will really be affected by the new regulations said that although the taste of being watched by Hunting is uncomfortable, the lively situation in the red light district now makes them feel safer, not more vulnerable!
Banning brothels in the city centre and letting sex workers work in other places with less strict supervision will only increase the risk of sex workers ...
There are already girls who have stayed away from the shop window and switched to online business, but it turns out that the probability that they will be in danger when they open online is greatly increased.
In the eyes of girls, uprooting brothels in the city center, closing windows, and forcing girls to work elsewhere are just a cure for the symptoms. What really works is to let visitors know how to respect their space.
At least at this point, the girls and Shichang have become consistent:
The pots that make girls' working conditions worse, still have to come back!
Saying that Amsterdam has implemented a series of measures to address the phenomenon of too many tourists,
For example, cancel a full-featured beer bike-because some tourists get drunk and go crazy on the car,
The city center no longer allows any new bicycle rental shops, souvenir shops, travel agency shops, etc.
From January 1, 2020, tour groups have been banned from entering the red light district ...
As tourists, what we can do is to appreciate the city with more respect and calmness, and less disturb the local culture.