The German state never tried to collect comprehensive data. This in itself speaks volumes. But the sex industry thrives on people looking away to the point of permanently damaging their necks, spines and sight. Both literally and figuratively. Law for the regulation of the prostitution trade and for the protection of persons acting in Prostitution. Numbers of prostituted persons p.
Women in prostitution p. Male prostitutes are a much smaller but not to be neglected group, that is less visible overall.
Transsexual persons, transgender persons, transident [? Women demand, as far as is known, professional sexual services to a degree small enough to disappear; offers specifically designed for women are an exception. Thus the law with its aim to empower prostitutes in the assurance of their rights, to improve their working conditions and to push back exploitative forms of prostitution is also significant as regards equality politics.
It contributes to at least partially compensating for disadvantages of the gender-asymmetical forms of prostitution. The remaining percentages were not specifically listed. The high number of self-employed prostitutes are active within the frame of a prostitution venue with varying degrees of integration into the proceedures there. Again: the German government has no idea, and estimations are based on what some people or advocacy groups see or choose to see, and then calculated with the aid of a crystal ball.
Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. Origin of women in prostitution in Germany:. Vitrines :. Stuttgart once tried to have a state-run brothel it was supposed to be non-profit and self-administrated by the women in it.
