{"id":33195,"date":"2017-06-11T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=33195"},"modified":"2017-06-04T21:19:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T04:19:53","slug":"amsterdam-mayor-opens-brothel-run-by-sex-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/amsterdam-mayor-opens-brothel-run-by-sex-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam Mayor Opens Brothel Run By Sex Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Copy-of-Stripper_on_a_Pole_svg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29686 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Copy-of-Stripper_on_a_Pole_svg.png\" alt=\"Copy-of-Stripper_on_a_Pole_svg\" width=\"209\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>In an attempt to empower sex workers and improve working conditions in the red light district, the mayor of Amsterdam will open a brothel run by the prostitutes themselves. The new brothel occupies 14 \u201cwindows\u201d across four buildings in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdam.info\/red-light-district\/\">Amsterdam&#8217;s red light district<\/a>, allowing about 40 sex workers to operate out of the premises. \u201cEverything in this project, from the statutes to the decoration of the rooms, is thought out by sex workers,\u201d said one of the sex workers involved. \u201cIt is my hope that it will offer pleasant workspaces, where sex workers can be who they are and feel welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the initiative is for sex workers to be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\">work independently<\/a>, free to determine their own rental terms and working hours, and to socialize and help each other deal with things like negotiating and unpleasant customers. It&#8217;s being dubbed the \u201cmunicipal brothel\u201d because of the city&#8217;s role in the project, but the hope is to \u201cemancipate\u201d sex workers by giving them a chance to \u201cacquire knowledge, experience and a position to develop themselves,\u201d as a person on the initiative explains. According to one male prostitute, \u201cAll sex workers working together on a shared, emancipatory goal. That\u2019s something very special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the freedom to <i>really <\/i>be\u00a0yourself? 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