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zappaman

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Wed Aug 27, 2014, 07:53 PM Aug 2014

Officials Declare Drive-In Brothel A Success For Sex Worker Safety

Not sure if this would work in the US though...


It's been a year since Zurich, Switzerland, installed drive-in "sex-boxes" to improve safety for sex workers, and now authorities are hailing the program as a success.

Attracted by the prospect of on-site social workers and security (and no pimps), prostitutes agreed to relocate from a popular strip in downtown Zurich to the wooden, car-sized boxes just outside the city. Onsite amenities include a panic button in each "box," laundry, showers and a cafe, the Agence France-Presse reports.

On average, 15 prostitutes can be found working nightly at the publicly funded sex boxes, where clients -- who must be alone -- drive in, cruise the facility and select a sex worker, who then gets in the car and has the client park in one of the monitored boxes.

To work inside the all-night drive-in, prostitutes must pay a small tax and stop soliciting on the streets, according to The Associated Press

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/26/zurich-sex-boxes_n_5717811.html?utm_hp_ref=women&ir=Women

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Officials Declare Drive-In Brothel A Success For Sex Worker Safety (Original Post) zappaman Aug 2014 OP
"Zurich is stained" Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #1
Wow. zappaman Aug 2014 #3
Yeah, that is a great album. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #4
I have to admit... PeoViejo Aug 2014 #2
You're going to the wrong SONIC. zappaman Aug 2014 #5
They fuck you at the drive through jberryhill Aug 2014 #6
You win. zappaman Aug 2014 #7
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