Patriarchal arsehats
This article on Yahoo! News (reprinted below) makes me want to scream and throw things.BERLIN (Reuters) - A brothel has become the first in Berlin to offer special deals for virgins with prostitutes trained in the delicate art of catering for customers who have never had sex, a German newspaper reported Friday.
The brothel in the red light area of the Kreuzberg district of the city charges 60 euros for a half an hour of sex and works within the laws of Germany where prostitution is legal.
"These are men who either never had sex before or have never been in a brothel before," the brothel's operator was quoted as saying in Berlin's B.Z. tabloid.
"It's the first house of love in Berlin that specializes in taking care of beginners," wrote the daily on its front page.
Prostitutes are given "sensitivity training" for first-time clients, who the brothel operator said are not necessarily young but often 40 or older: "They need to be aware of how much courage it takes to go to a brothel the first time."
There are just too many things wrong with this. I don't even know where to begin, and I don't have enough time to list it all. This article (and the original it quotes) is clearly an advertisement not-so-cleverly disguised as news: it tells you the expected clientele, the location of the brothel, the price of services, makes the place sound fabulous, and oh-so-conveniently mentions that it's all legal. And "house of love"? What a warm, fuzzy term for a place that is focused completely on the wholesale exploitation of women! Grrrr...
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