On the cover:
Clients are getting wilder / Tips from experienced colleagues / Good intentions / I wanna go study / horoscope
That the Dutch have a very practical and innovative approach towards paid sex and the eroticism is worldy well known. The last news is the lauching of magazine S-Work - the "S" stands for "sexworkers"- a glossy made by prostitutes and ex-workers, men and women. Yes, they have followed a photo course and learned wrtiting techniques, all finaced by De Rode Draad which is a center for sex workers. (It exists for more than 25 years and the team is formed by ex-workers who know all the pitfalls of the métier). The glossy is free for sex workers. Readers interested in the world of prostitution pay €4,50 for a copy. The first edition has 20.000 units. I am not so sure whether one can find it on the shelves of a supermarket, together with cartoons for kids and near home interior mags. But you never know - hey, it is Holland !
By the way, it goes so bad with the Red Light in Amsterdam lately that the sex workers are going to receive food packages this month. They will be distributed by the charitative foudation BloodnFire. According to Frits Rouvout from BloodnFire, there are women "who spend the whole day in bed and have to sleep in the street in the evening". There is so much control from the government on the activities in the Red Light, that many workers are searching alternatives in (illegal) salons and clubs. Also operating independently via sites on internet (such as FB, Twitter and others) so that they do not have to be registered as a (legal) sexworker and therefore can escape from paying taxes. Go figure how complex all this situation is...
(source: de Rode Draad and BloodnFire)
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