Zur Deutschen Version. Sex work, the "oldest trade" in the world β why is it so infamous? Why is sex work still a huge taboo β for those who finance their lives with it but also for those who consume the sex? Who feels threatened by these women who have professionalised sex and make a profit out of it?
I talked to C. We don't have the answers to all the questions above, but perhaps C. The hallway is both a wardrobe and a shoe cupboard; the entire wardrobe hangs on the left, sorted by colour and occasion. The selection of slippers is so large that each visitor can choose a pair in the right size and colour.
Next to the golden coffee pot, there are biscuits and pink roses on the living room table. She pours the red fruit seco and sits down on her pink couch with her legs drawn up, her cigarette in her right hand. It's hard to put her in a box. Everything I have worked for, I have worked for consciously. My life is perfect, I wouldn't want anything else but I know the process to get there was incredibly hard and also bad.
Three years ago, one of her regular clients sexually assaulted her in a hotel room. No charges were ever filed. After this incident, she blamed herself because she had simply not protected herself sufficiently.
It was clear to her then that she would never do this work again. During the three years that have passed since then, however, her enthusiasm has returned and so today she is working as a prostitute again. Being subordinate to someone as an employee is out of the question for her.
