January 31, 200521 yr http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../30/wgerm30.xml 'If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits' By Clare Chapman (Filed: 30/01/2005) A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services'' at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year. Prostitution was legalised in Germany just over two years ago and brothel owners – who must pay tax and employee health insurance – were granted access to official databases of jobseekers. The waitress, an unemployed information technology professional, had said that she was willing to work in a bar at night and had worked in a cafe. She received a letter from the job centre telling her that an employer was interested in her "profile'' and that she should ring them. Only on doing so did the woman, who has not been identified for legal reasons, realise that she was calling a brothel. Under Germany's welfare reforms, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job – including in the sex industry – or lose her unemployment benefit. Last month German unemployment rose for the 11th consecutive month to 4.5 million, taking the number out of work to its highest since reunification in 1990. The government had considered making brothels an exception on moral grounds, but decided that it would be too difficult to distinguish them from bars. As a result, job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same way as those looking for a dental nurse.
January 31, 200521 yr Best part of article: The government had considered making brothels an exception on moral grounds, but decided that it would be too difficult to distinguish them from bars.
January 31, 200521 yr IMO this is just insane. While I believe if a woman is bound and determined to sell her body that is her right I don't think that anyone should ever have to choose between prostitution or living day to day. That is one messed up system.
January 31, 200521 yr QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jan 30, 2005 -> 09:43 PM) While I believe if a woman is bound and determined to sell her body that is her right STD's, Aids.........Details, details, we can't infringe on a womans right to sell herself can we? :rolly
January 31, 200521 yr QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 31, 2005 -> 12:25 AM) STD's, Aids.........Details, details, we can't infringe on a womans right to sell herself can we? :rolly Exactly. Pro-choice.
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