The Business of Pleasure - Hofman Elwin; Rodríguez García Magaly; Vanhees Pieter
A History of Paid Sex in the Heart of Europe
KORTE INHOUD
First English-language book on the history of commercial sex in Belgium
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2024Uitgever: Universitaire Pers Leuven182 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 234x156x10ISBN-10: 9462704104ISBN-13: 9789462704107Koop dit boek tweedehands
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In 2022, the Belgian parliament made a landmark decision by approving the decriminalisation of sex work. This move positioned the small nation as the first country in Europe ? and the second globally ? to abandon the hypocrisy of tolerance. But this was not the first time paid sex in Belgium gained international notoriety. The medieval bathhouses and ?frows of Flanders? were well-known throughout Europe. In the nineteenth century, Belgium faced international outrage as the alleged epicentre of white slavery...
