Re: OT: Is prostitution legal in Europe?

--- Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Mark J. Reed writes:
> > Well, yes, the US is amazingly conservative
> overall.  Probably has
> > something to do with the fact that we were founded
> by the folks who
> > got kicked out of Europe for being too uptight.
> Apparently 400 years
> > isn't long enough to get over that.
> >     Still, AFAIK, prostitution is still illegal in
> most of Europe (the
> > Netherlands being an obvious exception).
> >...
>
> Is it?  I would think the opposite is true and most
> European countries
> tend to start giving it a proper legal status so you
> get benefits of
> social and health insurance, and they also tend to
> make regular health
> checks official etc.
>
> Let's collect a list.  I used Google and Wikipedia,
> the strongest
> allies for gathering reliable information, to start
> a list:
>
> allowed:     Prostitution   Running brothels
>
> Netherlands: yes            yes
> Germany:     yes            yes
> France:      yes            no
> Spain:       yes            no
> Italy:       yes            no
> Greece:      yes            yes
  UK - Eng+W   yes/no^1       no ^2
  UK - Scot    yes/no         no

^1 Illegal to solicit persistently, in a public place
or from a motor vehicle

^2 'Pimping' also illegal. Permitting of small
brothels is being considered.

^3 Illegal for a prostitute to solicit or loiter in a
public place, or a place which can be seen from a
public place.


> But please complete the list at will.
>
> Actually, I think Amsterdam started to 'clean up'
> that well-known
> neighbourhood where the mixture of restaurants,
> bars, coffee shops,
> mushroom shops, and sex shops was quite unique.
>
> **Henrik
>

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