Published: July 22, 2009
Op-Ed Contributor
German Brothel: Flat-Rate Fee Get's You All The Sex, Food, & Drink You Want
By Robert Paul Reyes
"Prostitutes in Germany are fighting back against attempts by conservative politicians and some irate residents to stop popular 'flat-rate' brothels.
Officials in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg launched moves to stop one brothel with a "flat-rate" fee system because they viewed it as inhumane for women to provide unlimited sexual services all day for a one-off 70 euros (£60) fee.
For a 70 euros charge customers are entitled to all the sex, food and drink they want between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The evening flat rate rises to 100 euros." Caroline Copley/Reuters
I'm not a spring chicken, but even during my sexual prime there was no way I could take full advantage of a day-long sex marathon. Most customers, even those turbo-charged with Viagra, will peter out after a few minutes. There will be longer lines at the buffet lines, than there will be customers waiting to enter a working girl's room.
The conservative politicians aren't worried that the prostitutes are being overworked, this is simply a ruse to ban brothels. Germany has an enlightened view towards the world's oldest profession, and Germans shouldn't allow a few disgruntled conservative politicians to ban prostitution.
A brothel where a flat-rate entitles you to all the sex, food and drink you want? Dude, that sounds like my version of heaven!
Robert Paul Reyes is a NewsBlaze writer on Politics, Pop Culture and Pointless Pontificating. Contact him by writing to NewsBlaze.
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