Women told, 'Work in brothel, or else'
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42615
Women told, 'Work in brothel, or else'
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42615
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I'm posting the story from the link above. When posting a news story, please copy and paste the text as well. Some people are kind of weary of clicking links... Thanks!
THEIR GOVERNMENT AT WORK
Women told, 'Work
in brothel, or else'
German law forces out-of-work females
to take sex jobs or lose unemployment
Posted: January 30, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
A provision in the German welfare system is forcing out-of-work women to chose between taking jobs in the sex industry or losing their unemployment benefits.
Once one of the most generous systems in Europe, Germany's unemployment program has been reformed to require those out of work to take jobs for which they are qualified, or lose benefits. In the case of women, females below the age of 55 who have been out of work for a year or more must take any available job offered.
The full legalization of prostitution two years ago – with brothel owners now paying taxes and employee health insurance – has created an awkward situation at German job centers where employers can access the official government database of those seeking work, reports the London Telegraph.
One 25-year-old waitress, an unemployed information technology professional, had indicated a willingness to work in a bar at night and had past experience working in a cafe. A potential employer, finding her profile promising, contacted the job center about hiring her. Only after the young woman called to inquire about the job did she learn the employer was a brothel. When she refused the position, she was threatened with cuts to her unemployment benefits.
Centers that do not penalize job seekers who refuse offered positions are subject to lawsuits by the employers.
"There is now nothing in the law to stop women from being sent into the sex industry," says Merchthild Garweg, a Hamburg lawyer. "The new regulations say that working in the sex industry is not immoral any more, and so jobs cannot be turned down without a risk to benefits."
Garweg notes that women who have past experience as telemarketers or call service workers have been offered positions with telephone-sex services. New laws permit sex-oriented employers to advertise in the job centers and provide for the suing of job centers that refuse to accept their ads.
When the German government crafted the recent welfare reforms, brothels were initially considered for exclusion, but they were believed too difficult to distinguish from bars. Their inquiries for potential workers are treated no differently than those from grocery stores or schools.
"Why shouldn't I look for employees through the job center when I pay my taxes just like anybody else?" asked one central Berlin brothel owner who has been using the local database to find prospective workers.
The German experience closely follows that of the Netherlands, according to the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Following the 2000 legalization of prostitution by the Dutch and the registration of prostitutes, brothels began using official job centers to find new employees.
Garwig believes pressure on job centers to meet employment targets is only going to make the current situation worse.
"They are already prepared to push women into jobs related to sexual services, but which don't count as prostitution," she says.
"Now that prostitution is no longer considered by the law to be immoral, there is really nothing but the goodwill of the job centers to stop them from pushing women into jobs they don't want to do."
Last year, the German federal government announced that it would be fining employers that failed to hire trainees – a measure to be applied to brothels as well as other employers. Brothels failing to hire one apprentice for every 15 employees will be fined for failing to promote the sex industry.
Germany legalized prostitution in 2002 in the belief it would slow down the trafficking in women and reduce the role of organized crime in the profession. Instead, government is expanding the sex industry by guaranteeing a steady stream of new recruits, some willing and some not.
Yea, well. The democrats love Europe and such things. One of the reasons they lost.
I also believe this has something to do with globalism... all those jobs going to Asia.


I feel like this story is a bit sensationalized.
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From the World Net Daily? No way!Originally Posted by Chani_Fremen
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Actually, Rhia, that's questionable. Not that these issues are always 100% clearcut, but posting the entire article to another website is probably a copyright violation. Lots of people do it, but it's safer to link and/or quote brief excerpts for comment, which is probably legal under copyright law as "fair use," and therefore isn't as likely to draw a complaint from the copyright owner.Originally Posted by Rhiannon
-Ev





I had also posted this new German law in the Political Poo section. The gist of the story is in fact very real ... that the liberal socialist gov't of Germany, in keeping with political principles, has legalized prostitution and in doing so (theoretically) officially removed any 'social stigma' attached to working in the sex business. While the 'side effects' in Germany are pretty extreme, as they were in Holland a few years earlier, the same principle also applies here in the USA.
For example, in very liberal cities like San Francisco, the mayor and district attorney are on record as stating they will not 'waste' city budget funds and/or police resources to investigate and prosecute violations of the state prostitution law inside strip clubs. This in turn has led to the widespread availability of 'extras' in SF strip clubs, as many dancers have figured out that they can earn a lot more money with minimal legal risk by offering customers HJ's BJ's and FS than by just dancing. This in turn has created an expectation on the part of many SF club customers that they can receive 'extras' in exchange for their money. As a result, dancers who are unwilling to provide those 'extras' face rather depressing earnings potentials.
The point here of course is that the classic US strip club business model in fact depends on 'Puritan' leftovers in the minds of customers, such that they are actually willing to pay scantily clad girls to merely dance for them. When very liberal principles overshadow the 'Puritan' remnants, as is the case in Germany, the classic US strip club business model goes bankrupt and is inevitably replaced with straight out sex for money. So the moral of the story (no pun intended) for girls who want to continue to make a decent living by just dancing is to be careful what they wish (and vote) for.
True, but you should always post the credits at the bottom of the article for that reason. Besides, it's in the posting guidelines for this site. Even if just a quote is accompanying the link, that's fine, but it makes people weary when there's just a link.Originally Posted by evan_essence
Do not just post URLs with no textual information unless specifically asked for in the question.
Last edited by Rhiannon; 01-31-2005 at 05:21 AM.
Rhiababy is gonna be a lawyer in Tenn. LOL




that story is crazy.
I don't know. I would be very surprised if such a policy actually stood up if someone went through the trouble to sue. However, I think there are viable questions this raises - like, if it is "honest work", (as we contend it is) what exactly is the problem? Outside of the knee jerk reaction that every human being would share. I mean, in most places, people are expected to take whatever work is locally available, however undesirable, unless they are physically unable to. I am not advocating forcing women into prostitution - I'm just pointing out that there are serious questions involved here, particularly for us.
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I would think it would be logical to have a legal provision that exempted people from risking unemployment benefits if they refused a job based on a legitimate religious objection, which one could argue that's basically what this is for most people.Originally Posted by Jenny
Also, might there be traditional laws governing marital obligations that would conflict with taking a job like that?
-Ev
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