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Goodguy1 179 Posted March 19, 2014 In Belgium, the purchase and sale of sex is legal, but making a profit from prostitution is forbidden. Cities interpret the laws differently, and prostitutes in Ghent are officially hired as “servers” in “bars” – in reality a dimly-lit room with a bed behind the glass display window. The prostitutes must have a contract and social security number, meaning the city has a record of every woman working the sex industry, and social workers can make regular visits to check for abusive relationships or victims of human trafficking. No one claims the system is perfect: police can only act if the women speak out about abuse or illegal pimps. But all the sex workers who agreed to speak to TIME said they felt safe in Ghent and opposed criminalization. “Once these kind of places exist, then everybody can relax and there is less violence than in the street,” says Gaby,a 25-year-old from Romania, who like other working women in Ghent’s red light district asked that TIME only use her first name to protect her identity. Behind Ghent’s windows, the heaters are on full blast as the women in their skimpy outfits negotiate via hand gestures with men bundled up against the cold outside. The going rate is €50 for 15 minutes, but a client may want more time, a lower price, or a special service. If a woman has misgivings, she just leaves the door locked and turns away. Zorha, a former civil servant from the Netherlands, says in a good night she will have sex with 25 men. It is not a life she particularly enjoys – she wants to open a restaurant – but when she found herself in debt a few years ago she decided it was her best option. She and other established Ghent sex workers worry about the new influx of younger women from Eastern Europe, who they say work long hours for cut-down rates. Source Time.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest s Posted March 19, 2014 Almost every major city in Belgium has a red light district. Including, and especially Brussels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strip club 53 Posted March 27, 2014 Red light districts in Belgium: *City of Deinze has Roadside brothels in Deinze Steenweg N43 *In Oostende current situation is kind of confusing - there is various addresses but everyone is unsure about their current validity. Some addresses include Langestraat (north of the ferry port), Hazegras (adjacent to the railway station), Fregatstraat, Vrijhavenstraat, Oesterbankstraat. *In Seraing the prostitution areas are is in rue Marnix *In Sint-Truiden, Along the N3 road (between Sint-Truiden and Liège) "Chaussee d'Amour", colloquially, apparently) girls ply their trade behind windows. Stories tell of traffic being regularly held up because of this 'distraction' and of a higher-than-expected accident rate along this road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
